China-U.S. cooperation to advance nuclear power
With China having the largest fossil fuel CO₂ emissions today and the United States being higher in per capita emissions (see related energy consumption in the first figure), these countries have a strong mutual interest in stabilizing climate and reducing air pollution. Yet even Germany, despite si...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | |
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | en_US |
| Published: |
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2017
|
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/110920 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4506-617X |
| _version_ | 1811093700835540992 |
|---|---|
| author | Cao, Junji Cohen, Armond Hansen, James Peterson, Per Xu, Hongjie Lester, Richard K |
| author2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering |
| author_facet | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering Cao, Junji Cohen, Armond Hansen, James Peterson, Per Xu, Hongjie Lester, Richard K |
| author_sort | Cao, Junji |
| collection | MIT |
| description | With China having the largest fossil fuel CO₂ emissions today and the United States being higher in per capita emissions (see related energy consumption in the first figure), these countries have a strong mutual interest in stabilizing climate and reducing air pollution. Yet even Germany, despite sizable subsidies of renewable energies, gets only a small fraction of energy from them (see the first figure). Historically the fastest growth of low-carbon power occurred during scale-up of national nuclear power programs (see the second figure). Some studies project that a doubling to quadrupling of nuclear energy output is required in the next few decades, along with a large expansion of renewable energy, in order to achieve deep cuts in fossil fuel use while meeting the growing global demand for affordable, reliable energy (1–4). In light of this large-scale energy and emissions picture, climate and nuclear energy experts from China and the United States convened (see Acknowledgments) to consider the potential of increased cooperation in developing advanced nuclear technologies. |
| first_indexed | 2024-09-23T15:49:16Z |
| format | Article |
| id | mit-1721.1/110920 |
| institution | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| language | en_US |
| last_indexed | 2024-09-23T15:49:16Z |
| publishDate | 2017 |
| publisher | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) |
| record_format | dspace |
| spelling | mit-1721.1/1109202022-09-29T16:21:53Z China-U.S. cooperation to advance nuclear power Cao, Junji Cohen, Armond Hansen, James Peterson, Per Xu, Hongjie Lester, Richard K Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering Lester, Richard Lester, Richard K With China having the largest fossil fuel CO₂ emissions today and the United States being higher in per capita emissions (see related energy consumption in the first figure), these countries have a strong mutual interest in stabilizing climate and reducing air pollution. Yet even Germany, despite sizable subsidies of renewable energies, gets only a small fraction of energy from them (see the first figure). Historically the fastest growth of low-carbon power occurred during scale-up of national nuclear power programs (see the second figure). Some studies project that a doubling to quadrupling of nuclear energy output is required in the next few decades, along with a large expansion of renewable energy, in order to achieve deep cuts in fossil fuel use while meeting the growing global demand for affordable, reliable energy (1–4). In light of this large-scale energy and emissions picture, climate and nuclear energy experts from China and the United States convened (see Acknowledgments) to consider the potential of increased cooperation in developing advanced nuclear technologies. 2017-08-04T13:03:22Z 2017-08-04T13:03:22Z 2016-08 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0036-8075 1095-9203 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/110920 Cao, Junji; Cohen, Armond; Hansen, James et al. “China-U.S. Cooperation to Advance Nuclear Power.” Science 353, 6299 (August 2016): 547–548. © 2016 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4506-617X en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aaf7131 Science Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ application/pdf American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Prof. Lester via Chris Sherrstt |
| spellingShingle | Cao, Junji Cohen, Armond Hansen, James Peterson, Per Xu, Hongjie Lester, Richard K China-U.S. cooperation to advance nuclear power |
| title | China-U.S. cooperation to advance nuclear power |
| title_full | China-U.S. cooperation to advance nuclear power |
| title_fullStr | China-U.S. cooperation to advance nuclear power |
| title_full_unstemmed | China-U.S. cooperation to advance nuclear power |
| title_short | China-U.S. cooperation to advance nuclear power |
| title_sort | china u s cooperation to advance nuclear power |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/110920 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4506-617X |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT caojunji chinauscooperationtoadvancenuclearpower AT cohenarmond chinauscooperationtoadvancenuclearpower AT hansenjames chinauscooperationtoadvancenuclearpower AT petersonper chinauscooperationtoadvancenuclearpower AT xuhongjie chinauscooperationtoadvancenuclearpower AT lesterrichardk chinauscooperationtoadvancenuclearpower |