In recent years, the prospects of using nuclear fusion for decarbonized energy generation have garnered increasing attention, both in academia and in media (Wimmers et al. 2025), despite the lack of actual technological developments towards functioning power plants since the beginning of fusion research more than 70 years ago (Dering et al. 2026). Regardless, fusion is being considered in an...
Becoming a nuclear operating country, defined here as connecting the first commercial power reactor to an electricity grid for electricity generation, requires the development of an extensive system of institutional as well as scientific and technological subsystems and infrastructures as well as the fulfilment of certain conditions (Wealer et al. 2026). This was historically determined...
Achieving the climate neutrality objective necessitates a fundamental transformation of the electricity sector. This, in turn, requires a comprehensive system value assessment of low-emission technologies, including variable renewable energy sources (VRES), nuclear power, and electricity storage. Policy and investment decisions should account not only for the deployment of new assets but also...
