Major Assumptions Calculating Carbon Emissions: Emissions Factors Coal: 0.795 tons C02 / MWh LNG: Total: 0.474 tons / MWh Combustion: 0.362 tons / MWh Transportation: 0.106 tons / MWh (This includes both liquification and regasification of LNG) Japan's current total carbon emissions: 1,222 million metric tons Japan's total nuclear production in 2009 was calculated by summing yearly generation from each of Japan's reactors in 2009. (thebreakthrough.org)
Last year, aiming to make the Nuclear Forest Recovery Zone a reality, Stamets partnered with Battelle researchers at the Energy Department's former nuclear production facility in Hanford, Wash., to test various mushroom species for their ability to take up cesium. (discovermagazine.com)
Haney still has to get the mothballed station into working order, find customers for its power and qualify for a federal nuclear production tax credit. (fortune.com)