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1、ARTICLEINPRESSEnergyPolicy36(2008)2940–2953ContentslistsavailableatScienceDirectEnergyPolicyjournalhomepage:www.elsevier.com/locate/enpolValuingthegreenhousegasemissionsfromnuclearpower:AcriticalsurveyBenjaminK.SovacoolEnergyGovernanceProgram,CentreonAsiaandGlobalisation,LeeKua
2、nYewSchoolofPublicPolicy,NationalUniversityofSingapore,469CBukitTimahRoad,Singapore259772,SingaporearticleinfoabstractArticlehistory:Thisarticlescreens103lifecyclestudiesofgreenhousegas-equivalentemissionsfornuclearpowerReceived25February2008plantstoidentifyasubsetofthemostcurre
3、nt,original,andtransparentstudies.Accepted21April2008ItbeginsbybrieflydetailingtheseparatecomponentsofthenuclearfuelcyclebeforeexplainingtheAvailableonline2June2008methodologyofthesurveyandexploringthevarianceoflifecycleestimates.ItcalculatesthatwhiletheKeywords:rangeofemissionsf
4、ornuclearenergyoverthelifetimeofaplant,reportedfromqualifiedstudiesNuclearpowerexamined,isfrom1.4gofcarbondioxideequivalentperkWh(gCO2e/kWh)to288gCO2e/kWh,theLifecycleanalysismeanvalueis66gCO2e/kWh.ThearticlethenexplainssomeofthefactorsresponsibleforthedisparityGreenhousegasemiss
5、ionsinlifecycleestimates,inparticularidentifyingerrorsinboththelowestestimates(notcomprehensive)andthehighestestimates(failuretoconsiderco-products).Itshouldbenotedthatnuclearpowerisnotdirectlyemittinggreenhousegasemissions,butratherthatlifecycleemissionsoccurthroughplantconstru
6、ction,operation,uraniumminingandmilling,andplantdecommissioning.&2008ElsevierLtd.Allrightsreserved.1.Introductionfor19%ofnationalelectricitygeneration.InFrance,79%ofelectricitycomesfromnuclearsources,andnuclearenergycontributestomoreThenuclearerabeganwithawhimper,notabang,onthan
7、20%ofnationalpowerproductioninGermany,Japan,SouthDecember7,1942.Amidstthepolishedwoodenfloorsofawar-Korea,Sweden,Ukraine,andtheUnitedKingdom.appropriatedsquashcourtattheUniversityofChicago,EnricoAdvocatesofnuclearpowerhaverecentlyframeditasanFermiinsertedabout50tonofuraniumoxidei
8、nto400carefullyimportantpartofanysolutionaimeda