Published April 2001 | Version v1
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15 years after Chernobyl. Nuclear plus greenhouse effect?

  • 1. Wise-Paris, 75 (France)
  • 2. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna (Austria)

Description

Today, the argument in favour of nuclear energy is not an economical one nor linked to energy resources but is at the level of climatic change. Nuclear energy is seen as the only energy source without carbon dioxide emissions. A more detailed analysis of greenhouse gases on the life cycle shows that nuclear energy gives as greenhouse gases as big hydroelectric power plants or wind power plants, these emissions are more important than for biogas installations with cogeneration. The strategy of energy efficiency is certainly more competitive than the new reactors in other terms it is more efficiency to reduce the consumption than to increase the nuclear production. (N.C.)

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Original title (French)
15 ans apres Tchernobyl. Nucleaire plus effet de serre?

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
14 p.
Report number
INIS-FR--4821