Assessment of the environmental footprint of nuclear energy systems. Comparison between closed and open fuel cycles

Energy

Volumn 69, Issue , 2014, Pages 199-211

  Poinssot, Ch ^a   Bourg, S ^a   Ouvrier, N ^a   Combernoux, N ^a   Rostaing, C ^a   Vargas Gonzalez, M ^a   Bruno, J ^b  

^a Research Department of Mining and Fuel Recycling ProCesses   (France)

^b AMPHOS 21 CONSULTING S L   (Spain)

Author keywords

Energy system assessment; Environmental impacts; French nuclear fuel cycle; Life cycle analysis; Nuclear energy; Sustainable energy development

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SOCIAL ASPECTS; FUELS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; RADIOACTIVITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DIFFERENT ENERGY SOURCES; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; ENERGY SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINTS; HIGH LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLES; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT;

NUCLEAR ENERGY; LIFE CYCLE;

ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY RESOURCE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLOBAL CHANGE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

FRANCE;

EID: 84901480667     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.02.069     Document Type: Article

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