: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday told world leaders that nuclear energy can help them cut carbon emissions, at a first Nuclear Energy Summit in Brussels, reported dpa news.
Von der Leyen was speaking at the International Atomic Energy Agency’s first-ever Nuclear Energy Summit, attended by the leaders of over 30 countries. The summit’s purpose is “to highlight the role of nuclear energy in reducing the use of fossil fuels,“ the IAEA’s event page says. Von der Leyen’s native Germany shut down its last three nuclear power plants on April 15 of last year. Belgium, where von der Leyen was born to German parents, is also amid a nuclear phase-out.
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