Banga: World Bank returns to financing nuclear power after 40 years
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Ajay Banga, President of the World Bank, discusses the multilateral bank's strategic return to financing nuclear energy projects to bolster global energy security.
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“The World Bank has gone back into nuclear energy after 40 years. And we're starting with refinancing existing, ah, nuclear fleet, whether it's in countries like India or Brazil or Romania or somebody who already have nuclear plants by helping to extend their life, which is a cheaper way to do it, or through SMRs.”
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