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Africa’s Electricity-Access Problem Is Worse Than You Think
There are currently about 440 fission reactors operating worldwide, which together can generate about 400 gigawatts of power with zero carbon emissions. Yet these fission plants, for all their value, have considerable downsides. The enriched uranium fuel they use must be kept secure. Devastating accidents, like the ones at Chernobyl in Ukraine and Fukushima in…