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SUMMARY:Contribution of nuclear power to Climate Change mitigation - Dr Em
 il Fridman\, HZDR\, Dresden.
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CONTACT:Jo Boyle
DESCRIPTION:The majority of the World’s countries have committed to redu
 ce significantly their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through replacing fo
 ssil energy by low-carbon sources and electrification of major economy sec
 tors. However\, different strategies have been adopted to achieve this goa
 l. Germany\, for example\, decided to phase-out nuclear power and to incre
 ase drastically the share of renewable sources\, primarily wind and photov
 oltaics. At the same time\, a considerable number of countries\, including
  those neighbouring Germany\, continues to consider nuclear energy as an i
 mport part of their current and future energy mix. France is an example of
  a country which sees nuclear energy as the main source of electricity.  \
 nThis presentation will discuss a potential contribution of nuclear power 
 to Climate Change mitigation. The current status of nuclear power in the W
 orld will be briefly presented. As a case study\, the presentation will sh
 ow a comparison of electricity sectors in Germany and France\, the two lar
 gest economies in the EU\, in terms of installed generation capacities\, a
 ctual power generation\, capacity factors\, total GHG emissions\, etc. The
  comparison reveals that despite a heavy penetration of the renewable sour
 ces\, the GHG intensity in Germany is by hundreds percent higher than in F
 rance.\n
LOCATION: Cambridge University Engineering Department\, Lecture Room 6
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