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Valuing the greenhouse gas emissions from nuclear power: A critical survey (2008)
| Auteur | B.Sovacool, Centre on Asia and Globalisation, NUS |
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6-01-2-16-69.pdf |
| Datum | juni 2008 |
| Classificatie | 6.01.2.16/69 (KE & BROEIKAS - WEL/NIET OPLOSSING + SCENARIO'S) |
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Energy Policy 36 (2008) 2940– 2953
Valuing the greenhouse gas emissions from nuclear power: A critical survey
Benjamin K. Sovacool
Energy Governance Program, Centre on Asia and Globalisation, Lee Kuan Yew
School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore,
469C Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259772, Singapore
Article history:
Received 25 February 2008
Accepted 21 April 2008
Available online 2 June 2008
ABSTRACT
This article screens 103 lifecycle studies of greenhouse gas-equivalent emissions for
nuclear power plants to identify a subset of the most current, original, and
transparent studies.
It begins by briefly detailing the separate components of the nuclear fuel cycle
before explaining the methodology of the survey and exploring the variance of lifecycle
estimates. It calculates that while the range of emissions for nuclear energy over the
lifetime of a plant, reported from qualified studies examined, is from 1.4g of carbon
dioxide equivalent per kWh (gCO2e/kWh) to 288g CO2e/kWh, the mean value is 66g CO2e/kWh.
The article then explains some of the factors responsible for the disparity in lifecycle
estimates, in particular identifying errors in both the lowest estimates (not
comprehensive) and the highest estimates (failure to consider co-products). It should be
noted that nuclear power is not directly emitting greenhouse gas emissions, but rather
that lifecycle emissions occur through plant construction, operation, uranium mining and
milling, and plant decommissioning.