Quantification of the Lifecycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Nuclear Power Generation Systems

This paper statistically quantifies the lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from six distinct reactor-based (boiling water reactor (BWR), pressurized water reactor (PWR), light water reactor (LWR), heavy-water-moderated reactor (HWR), gas-cooled reactor (GCR), fast breeder reactor (FBR)) nuclea...

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Main Authors: Akhil Kadiyala, Raghava Kommalapati, Ziaul Huque
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-10-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/9/11/863