What role can nuclear power play in mitigating global warming?

Pasztor, Janos

doi:10.1016/0301-4215(91)90125-8

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“…Exhausting all RAR would hence avoid about 180 Gt CO 2 . This agrees with previous estimates by Pasztor [97] and Donaldson and Betteridge [109]. Tokimatsu et al [110] carry out a dynamic study for Japan, and show that over a period of 65 years, LWR avoid about 25 Gt compared to a phase-out scenario.…”

Section: Global Potential Of Resourcesupporting

confidence: 80%

“…Assuming 2007 reasonably assured and inferred resources of 5.5 MtU at < US$130/t [96], nuclear power could avoid at least 180 Gt CO 2 until 2100. The future of nuclear power appears to be strongly influenced by public perception and concerns about safety, waste disposal, and proliferation risk [13,14,65,[97][98][99].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This has not changed during the past two decades (compare with [97] and [135]). The literature stresses that especially the safety of long-term waste disposal is hard to prove, given the very long time horizons, and the lack of experience.…”

Section: Contribution To Global Electricity Supplymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The literature stresses that especially the safety of long-term waste disposal is hard to prove, given the very long time horizons, and the lack of experience. Further, in the public perception, nuclear energy is often perceived as an invisible danger under the control of a few, and associated with military use, suppression of information, and high accident risk [13,14,97,98]. Whether scientifically founded or not ( [12], p. 17, states that "the proponents of a 'technical' approach to risk management have long considered that the public's perceptions were unfounded and should not interfere with the objective assessment of risks.…”

Section: Contribution To Global Electricity Supplymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Current State of Development of Electricity-Generating Technologies: A Literature Review

Lenzen

2010

Energies

107

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Electricity is perhaps the most versatile energy carrier in modern economies, and it is therefore fundamentally linked to human and economic development. Electricity growth has outpaced that of any other fuel, leading to ever-increasing shares in the overall mix. This trend is expected to continue throughout the following decades, as largeespecially rural-segments of the world population in developing countries start to climb the "energy ladder" and become connected to power grids. Electricity therefore deserves particular attention with regard to its contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions, which is reflected in the ongoing development of low-carbon technologies for power generation. The focus of this updated review of electricity-generating technologies is twofold: (a) to provide more technical information than is usually found in global assessments on critical technical aspects, such as variability of wind power, and (b) to capture the most recent findings from the international literature. This report covers eight technologies. Seven of these are generating technologies: hydro-, nuclear, wind, photovoltaic, concentrating solar, geothermal and biomass power. The remaining technology is carbon capture and storage. This selection is fairly representative for technologies that are important in terms of their potential capacity to contribute to a lowcarbon world economy.

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Section: Global Potential Of Resourcesupporting

confidence: 80%

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Section: Contribution To Global Electricity Supplymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Contribution To Global Electricity Supplymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Current State of Development of Electricity-Generating Technologies: A Literature Review

Lenzen

2010

Energies

107

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“…But safety claims cannot be accepted beforehand. The technology itself is not yet available which makes safety evaluations speculative (Pasztor 1991). Previous experiences with advanced reactors, as the Superphénix in France, have included technical problems that make strong safety claims dubious (Schneider 2010).…”

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After Fukushima: nuclear power and societal choice

Löfquist

2013

Journal of Risk Research

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The main objective of article is to evaluate nuclear power in relation to alternative energy sources. A central claim is that the accident in Fukushima does not change the challenges facing the global system for electricity production. Given the need to minimize climate change and that nuclear power provides electricity with lower carbon emissions than fossil fuels, it is impossible to replace both nuclear power and fossil fuel plants in a few years. These plants provide a substantial part of our total generating capacity and cannot be easily substituted. However, if we made significant but non-radical reductions of our electricity consumption, the process of replacing both nuclear power and fossil fuels with renewable sources becomes easier. Reduction can be motivated by an egalitarian theory of justice which claims that it is wrong to maintain a lifestyle that threatens present humans and transfers risks unto future generations. Finally, it is concluded that our total electricity consumption is as important as its production when we plan for our society's energy future.

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Global climate warming

Ecsedy¹,

Murphy²

1992

Water Environment Research

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What role can nuclear power play in mitigating global warming?

Cited by 5 publications

References 23 publications

Current State of Development of Electricity-Generating Technologies: A Literature Review

Current State of Development of Electricity-Generating Technologies: A Literature Review

After Fukushima: nuclear power and societal choice

Global climate warming

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