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Dilemma Study: Study of the contribution of nuclear power to the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions.... (1999)
| Author | ERM Energy |
| Date | July 1999 |
| Classification | 6.01.2.16/25 (NP & GREENHOUSE EFFECT - NUCLEAR POWER YES OR NO SOLUTION & SCENARIOS) |
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The DILEMMA Study was carried out on behalf of DG XVII to investigate the Contribution of Nuclear Power to the Reduction of Carbon Dioxide Emissions fromElectricity Generation. Nuclear power is not generally perceived to have fulfilled the great expectations of its early days. It is marginally economic at best at present in most countries in Europe, and there is great uncertainty over its future. On the other hand, there is increasing international concern with climate change, and the targets agreed by the European Union under the Kyoto Protocol to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases in 2010 by 8% compared to 1990 levels represent a real challenge. Clearly nuclear power can make a significant contribution to reducing emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), but the technology engenders its own environmental impacts, notably waste products of various levels of radioactivity, spent fuel and plutonium. Therefore the European Union and its Member States face a dilemma in assessing whether or not the climate change benefits of the nuclear option outweigh the economic costs and the environmental impacts of nuclear itself. There are two main issues concerned with sustaining the European nuclear park as the existing plants come to the end of their design life.
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