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Is nuclear energy a renewable energy source?

No, nuclear energy is not renewable energy, but it is clean energy. Compared with thermal power plants, nuclear power plants are very clean energy sources. If these harmful substances are not discharged, it will not cause the "greenhouse effect", so it can greatly improve the environmental quality and protect the ecological environment on which human beings depend. China is accelerating the adjustment of energy structure. There is an urgent need to actively develop clean and high-quality energy such as nuclear power, wind power and hydropower. China's energy structure is still dominated by coal, and the proportion of clean and high-quality energy is low.

Extended data:

Statistics of nuclear power countries in the world for many years show that although the investment of nuclear power plants is higher than that of coal-fired power plants, the total power generation cost of nuclear power plants is lower than that of coal-fired power plants because the cost of nuclear fuel is much lower. On the contrary, the energy released by nuclear fuel reaction is much higher than that released by fossil fuel combustion, and nuclear fuel is inexhaustible.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-nuclear energy