The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) estimated that decommissioning a 1,000 MW conventional nuclear reactor results in 27,000 tons of CO2e emissions, which is about 3% of the plant's total lifecycle emissions.

Authors

• Person: Not available Organization: Congressional Research Service
  Nuclear Energy and Climate Change Mitigation

Sources

• Nuclear Energy and Climate Change Mitigation www.everycrsreport.com Congressional Research Service via serper

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• Nuclear Regulatory Commission entity
• life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions concept