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CO2 Mitigation Using Atomic Power

Published By William Ernest Schenewerk

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CO2 Mitigation Using Atomic Power

Published By William Ernest Schenewerk

By William Ernest Schenewerk, Ph.D.
Published July 2006
12 Page(s)

Atomic power must grow 4.6%/yr in order to displace fossil fuel by 2080 and arrest CO2 at twice preindustrial level. LWR Spent fuel plutonium is used in breeder reactor first cores. LWR (Light Water Reactor) deployment in a once-through fuel cycle is followed by FBR (Fast Breeder Reactor) deployment. FBR first core drivers are made from LWR spent fuel plutonium. World energy use grows 2%/yr and World economy grows 3%/yr. 2080 atomic power is 28000 GWe. Atmospheric CO2 buildup stops 2080 at double preindustrial concentration. Each 1.0 GWe atomic power plant delays CO2 doubling 1 week.