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Conventional and nuclear energy conversionenvironmental impacts

Abstract

Nuclear power plants and reprocessing plants add, on the average, only 1% to natural radiation levels. Levels of atmospheric pollution caused by coal-fired power plants are compared with those made by nuclear plants. Three means of comparison are performed: calculations of relative pollutant levels, which results in a ratio of 1:100 in favor of nuclear power; calculations of the volume of pure air necessary to dilute the pollutant to applicable limit levels, which produce a ratio of 1:1000 in favor of nuclear; and ratio of pollutant levels to natural background levels, which shows that coal plants roughly double the natural carbon dioxide level while nuclear plants contribute only a few percent to the natural background radiation level. (in German) (5 diagrams, 17 references, 13 tables)
Authors:
Publication Date:
Nov 01, 1978
Product Type:
Journal Article
Reference Number:
EDB-80-049568
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Atomwirtsch., Atomtech.; (Germany, Federal Republic of); Journal Volume: 23:11
Subject:
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; POLLUTION; POWER PLANTS; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; 290300* - Energy Planning & Policy- Environment, Health, & Safety; 520200 - Environment, Aquatic- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989); 200200 - Fossil-Fueled Power Plants- Waste Management
OSTI ID:
5670387
Country of Origin:
Germany
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: CODEN: AWAKA
Submitting Site:
ESI
Size:
Pages: 524-532
Announcement Date:
Dec 01, 1979

Citation Formats

Schikarski, W. Conventional and nuclear energy conversionenvironmental impacts. Germany: N. p., 1978. Web.
Schikarski, W. Conventional and nuclear energy conversionenvironmental impacts. Germany.
Schikarski, W. 1978. "Conventional and nuclear energy conversionenvironmental impacts." Germany.
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abstractNote = {Nuclear power plants and reprocessing plants add, on the average, only 1% to natural radiation levels. Levels of atmospheric pollution caused by coal-fired power plants are compared with those made by nuclear plants. Three means of comparison are performed: calculations of relative pollutant levels, which results in a ratio of 1:100 in favor of nuclear power; calculations of the volume of pure air necessary to dilute the pollutant to applicable limit levels, which produce a ratio of 1:1000 in favor of nuclear; and ratio of pollutant levels to natural background levels, which shows that coal plants roughly double the natural carbon dioxide level while nuclear plants contribute only a few percent to the natural background radiation level. (in German) (5 diagrams, 17 references, 13 tables)}
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