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What role will nuclear energy play in the future? For some it’s a key question that should be on the table for next week’s climate conference in Paris.
核能在未來將發揮什么作用？對于一些人來說這是下星期巴黎氣候會議上的關鍵問題。
Essentially, world leaders will have to choose between atomic and renewable energy; a move welcomed by critics who say it is too risky as an energy source.
從本質上講，世界領導人將不得不在原子和可再生能源之間進行選擇；這一舉動受到了批評家的歡迎，稱核能作為能源是非常冒險的。Cyrille Cormier is a energy specialist for Greenpeace,says Nuclear energy is dangerous and dirty. It produces nuclear waste which is dangerous because we don’t know how to store it safely in the long-term, it has to be managed for between 100 and 1,000 years in some cases. Everyone knows that it’s also an energy which can cause terrible accidents.
西里爾·科米爾是綠色和平組織的能源專家，稱核能是危險和骯臟的。核能會產生核廢料，這是很危險的，從長期來看我們不知道如何安全的存儲它，在某些情況下需要管理100至1000年。每個人都知道這是一種能引發可怕事故的能源。
The 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster pushed many countries to draw up phase-out plans or a massive switch to renewables.But industry advocates say as a low carbon energy, nuclear should have a future.
2011福島核災難使許多國家淘汰制定的核計劃，或大規模轉向可再生能源。但業內人士表示，作為一種低碳能源核能應該有未來。
Many people believe we can resolve the climate challenge with only renewable and energy efficiency. The fact is that the climate challenge is a huge challenge. According to the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) by 2050, 80 percent of worldwide electricity should be low carbon and it’s only 30 percent today.
許多人認為我們可以只依靠可再生能源和能源效率解決氣候挑戰。事實上，氣候挑戰是一個巨大的挑戰。根據IPCC（政府間氣候變化專門委員會），到2050年百分之八十的全球電力是低碳的，現在僅有百分之三十。
However. the demise of nuclear energy may be more linked to money. Costs for solar and wind energy have plummeted while the price of producing nuclear has soared because of increasing safety requirements.
不過核能源的減少可能更與金錢有關。太陽能和風能的成本大幅下降，同時日益增長的安全需要使生產核能的成本飆升。
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