President Joe Biden’s administration is setting out plans for the US to triple nuclear power capacity by 2050, with demand climbing for the technology as a round-the-clock source of carbon-free power.

The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (U.S. DFC) is considering investing more than 4 billion zlotys ($975.7 million) to build the first nuclear plant in Poland, the Polish company involved in the programme said on Wednesday.

Nuclear power accounts for 20% of total energy generation in the US but has become more popular in recent years.

There are still big environmental concerns about mining uranium for fuel rods as well as radioactive waste from nuclear power plants. Nevertheless, nuclear energy has garnered sup

India's federal power minister on Tuesday asked the states that are away from coal resources to consider setting up nuclear-based power plants, besides identifying and listing of the power utilities to meet investments to support growing power demand.

As it attempts to get the U.S. away from a reliance on fossil fuels to generate electricity, the Biden Administration has set a goal to triple nuclear energy capacity by 2050. READ MORE ABOUT NUCLEAR ENERGY Americans Fear Nuclear Power Plants Bill Gates’ Nuclear Power Dreams “The plan sets a goal of 200 gigawatts of new capacity by 2050,