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The International
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Information from: Nuclear Energy’s Clean Air Benefits on a Worldwide Scale, Nuclear Energy Institute, November 1997
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Eastern Europe's 68 nuclear plants generated 242 billion kilowatt-hours in 1995.
On a country-by-country basis, Eastern Europe's nuclear energy plants supplied the following shares of electricity in 1995.
In addition to nuclear energy, Eastern Europe has traditionally relied principally on coal and natural gas for baseload generation purposes. Therefore, as indicated below, the fossil fuels that have historically been displaced by the region's nuclear plants are a combination of coal, and natural gas.
During 1995, Eastern Europe's 68 nuclear energy plants conserved approximately:
Over the period 1973-1995, the use of nuclear energy in Eastern Europe conserved the burning of fossil fuels by about:
Eastern Europe's nuclear energy plants reduced the region's carbon dioxide emissions by:
Electric utilities in Eastern Europe would have emitted 26% more carbon dioxide in 1995 without their nuclear generating capacity.
During 1995, Eastern Europe's
68 nuclear energy plants avoided the discharge of approximately:
Over the period 1973-1995, nuclear energy in Eastern Europe reduced the sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions by about:
Eastern Europe's electric utility sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions would have been 28% and 27% greater in 1995 in the absence of nuclear energy.