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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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The world's 437 nuclear plants generated 2 331 billion kilowatt-hours in 1995.
On a region-by-region basis for countries which generate nuclear energy, the world's nuclear energy plants supplied the following shares of electricity in 1995.
In addition to nuclear energy, the world has traditionally relied principally on coal for baseload generation purposes. Therefore, as indicated below, the majority of the fossil fuels that have been historically displaced by the world's nuclear plants is coal.
During 1995, the world's 437 nuclear energy plants avoided the use of approximately:
During 1973-1995, the use of nuclear worldwide avoided the burning of fossil fuels by about:
The world's nuclear energy plants reduced carbon dioxide emissions by:
Electric utilities in the world would have emitted 32% more carbon dioxide in 1995 without their nuclear generating capacity.
During 1995, the world's 437 nuclear energy plants avoided the discharge of approximately:
Over the period 1973-1995, nuclear energy in the world reduced the sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions by about:
The world's electric utility sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions would have been 35% and 32% greater in 1995, respectively, in the absence of nuclear energy.