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Computare
Lifecycle
CO2 From Electricity Production
| Where does
nuclear energy fit in this? Many
studies of lifecycle emissions from various electricity production options
demonstrate the low emissions from the nuclear energy cycle. CO2
emissions from the best hydro, nuclear and wind practice are vanishingly
small compared with fossil fuels - absent sequestration. |
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| Figure
from; Rogner, H.H., and A. Khan “Comparing
Energy Options”, IAEA WWW Site, April 13, 1999 |
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| Additional
references |
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| Andseta, S., M.
J. Thompson, J. P. Jarrell and D. R., Pendergast, “CANDU Reactors and
Greenhouse Gas Emissions”, 19th Annual Conference, Canadian
Nuclear Society, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October 18-21, 1998 , Posted
at:http://www.cns-snc.ca/events/CCEO/candureactors.pdf |
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| Dones, R., U.
Gantner and S. Hirschberg, Greenhouse Gas Total Emissions from Current and
Future Electricity and Heat Supply Systems”, Proceedings of the 4th
International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Interlaken,
Switzerland, 31 Aug. – 2 Sept. 1998, Pergamon, Amsterdam (1999) 891-896. |
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