How about nuclear power s potential contribution to mitigating global warming?  

How about nuclear power s potential contribution to mitigating global warming?  

It is worth remembering the contribution that nuclear power has already made to offsetting global warming: the world s 442 operating nuclear reactors, which produce 16 per cent of global electricity, save 2.2 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide per year compared to coal, according to the IPCC.  

One persistent idea is that once construction and uranium mining are taken into account, nuclear is no better than fossil fuels. 

However, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), total life-cycle greenhouse-gas emission per unit of electricity is about 40g CO2-equivalent per kilowatt-hour, -similar to those for renewable energy sources-(12). 

IPCC report on Mitigation  

One persistent idea is that once construction and uranium mining are taken into account, nuclear is no better than fossil fuels. 

However, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), total life-cycle greenhouse-gas emission per unit of electricity is about 40g CO2-equivalent per kilowatt-hour, -similar to those for renewable energy sources-(12). 

IPCC report on Mitigation