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DOI | 10.1016/j.enpol.2019.05.057 |
Implications of energy and CO2 emission changes in Japan and Germany after the Fukushima accident | |
Kharecha, Pushker A.; Sato, Makiko | |
2019-09-01 | |
发表期刊 | ENERGY POLICY |
ISSN | 0301-4215 |
EISSN | 1873-6777 |
出版年 | 2019 |
卷号 | 132页码:647-653 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA |
英文摘要 | Following the March 2011 nuclear power plant accident in Fukushima, Japan, nuclear power production declined sharply in that country as well as Germany. Despite widespread media coverage of CO2 emission increases in the first few years afterward, subsequent energy and emission changes and their implications are not well-studied. Here we analyze energy, electricity, and CO2 emissions data for both countries through 2017. We also quantify the human health and CO2 implications of two simple yet illuminating scenarios: What if both countries had reduced fossil fuel power output instead of nuclear? And what if the US and the rest of Europe eliminate their remaining nuclear power? We find that emissions increased after Fukushima until 2013 but decreased thereafter due to record-high renewable energy production and lower total energy use. However our "what if" scenarios demonstrate that these two countries could have prevented 28,000 air pollution-induced deaths and 2400 MtCO(2) emissions between 2011 and 2017. Germany can still prevent 16,000 deaths and 1100 MtCO(2) emissions by 2035 by reducing coal instead of eliminating nuclear as planned. If the US and the rest of Europe follow Germanys example they could lose the chance to prevent over 200,000 deaths and 14,000 MtCO(2) emissions by 2035. |
英文关键词 | Energy use Climate change Air pollution Climate change mitigation Energy scenarios Fukushima |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000483425800060 |
WOS关键词 | AIR-POLLUTION ; EARLY DEATHS ; MORTALITY ; HEALTH ; EXPOSURE ; BURDEN ; POLICY ; PM2.5 |
WOS类目 | Economics ; Energy & Fuels ; Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies |
WOS研究方向 | Business & Economics ; Energy & Fuels ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/186541 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | Columbia Univ, Earth Inst, Climate Sci Awareness & Solut Program, 475 Riverside Dr, New York, NY 10115 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Kharecha, Pushker A.,Sato, Makiko. Implications of energy and CO2 emission changes in Japan and Germany after the Fukushima accident[J]. ENERGY POLICY,2019,132:647-653. |
APA | Kharecha, Pushker A.,&Sato, Makiko.(2019).Implications of energy and CO2 emission changes in Japan and Germany after the Fukushima accident.ENERGY POLICY,132,647-653. |
MLA | Kharecha, Pushker A.,et al."Implications of energy and CO2 emission changes in Japan and Germany after the Fukushima accident".ENERGY POLICY 132(2019):647-653. |
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