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- Worldwide
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- Far East
- Rest of the World
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Rest of the World		  
 

Information from: Nuclear Energy’s Clean Air Benefits on a Worldwide Scale, Nuclear Energy Institute, November 1997

Electricity supply in the Rest of the World

There were 16 nuclear power units in operation in the rest of the world in 1995.

Country Number of Units Capacity(MW) 1973-1995 generation (million kWh)
 Argentina  2  935  100 585
 Brazil  1  626  16 925
 India  10  1 695  95 013
 Pakistan  1  125  7 974
 South Africa  2  1 842  98 398
 TOTAL  71  56 064  4 122 837

Nuclear contribution to electricity by country region, 1995

These 16 nuclear plants generated 28 billion kilowatt-hours in 1995.

On a country-by-country basis, the rest of the world's nuclear energy plants supplied the following shares of electricity in 1995.

Fuel displacements by nuclear energy in the Rest of the World

In addition to nuclear energy, these countries have traditionally relied on coal for fossil fuel generation. Therefore, as indicated below, coal is the primary fossil fuel that has been historically displaced by their nuclear plants.

During 1995, the rest of the world's 16 nuclear energy plants avoided the use of approximately:

9 million tons of coal.

72 billion cubic feet of gas.

5 million barrels of oil.

Over the period 1973-1995, the use of nuclear energy in the rest of the world avoided the burning of fossil fuels by about:

98 million tons of coal.

676 billion cubic feet of gas.

103 million barrels of oil.

Emissions reductions as a result of nuclear in the Rest of the World

The rest of the world's nuclear energy plants reduced the region's carbon dioxide emissions by:

6 million metric tons of carbon in 1995

67 million metric tons of carbon since 1973.

Electric utilities in the rest of the world would have emitted 3.4% more carbon dioxide in 1995 without their nuclear generating capacity.

During 1995, the rest of the world's 16 nuclear energy plants avoided the discharge of approximately:

190 thousand tons of sulphur dioxide.

100 thousand tons of nitrogen oxide.

Over the period 1973-1995, nuclear energy in the rest of the world reduced the sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions by about:

2 million tons of sulphur dioxide.

1 million tons of nitrogen oxide.

The rest of the world's electric utility sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions would have been 3.2% and 3.7% greater in 1995, respectively, in the absence of nuclear energy.

  

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