Quantitative environmental comparison of coal and nuclear generation workshop summary. A summary of presentations and discussions at a workshop held by the Mitre Corporation, McLean, Virginia, May 27 and 28, 1975
A summary is presented of a two-day Environmental Workshop, which examined the public risks arising from coal and nuclear fuel cycles. Comparison of a light water reactor and a coal-fired plant indicates that in the next 10 to 15 years nuclear fission and coal combustion will be the principal energy sources for electric power generation, with high capital and environmental costs for both. Cost benefit analyses project economic costs for coal by 1980 (1975 dollars) will be 24.2 mills/kWh, and for nuclear, 22.7 mills/kWh. Social costs for coal (excluding sulfur oxide emissions) are projected at 0.56 mills/kWh, and for nuclear, 0.06 mills/kWh. Included in the analyses are considerations of employee and public health and safety, environmental and climate damage, waste management, and potential for sabotage. Recommendations are made to develop National energy production stategies for building and siting coal and/or nuclear electric power facilities and to encourage greater participation of public interest groups in the decision process. (DCK)
- Research Organization:
- Mitre Corp., McLean, Va. (USA); Mitre Corp., Westgate Research Park, McLean, VA 22101
- OSTI ID:
- 7353394
- Report Number(s):
- MTR-7004
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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