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Small Modular Reactors: Environmental Impact and Climate Change Effects:
Nuclear energy has been a major factor in reducing fossil fuel consumption for energy generation and reducing GHG emissions. Countries like France and Switzerland use nuclear energy to provide stable, clean power and maintain significantly lower GNG emissions per capita levels than other developed countries that rely more on coal, oil, and natural gas. For example, the United States, Canada, and Australia have GHG emissions of 18.44, 19.56, and 24.63 metric tons of CO2 per capita, while France has 6.32 and Switzerland has 5.41. However, France gets over 70% of its electricity from nuclear power and only 7% from fossil fuels, while Switzerland gets around 60% from hydroelectric and around 33% from nuclear power. On the other hand, the United States gets around 61% of its electricity from fossil fuels and around 19% from nuclear power, accounting for the large discrepancy in per capita emissions.
Given the limited potential of renewable energy sources to provide a flexible and stable electricity supply without a suitable energy storage technology, nuclear energy represents a vital component of a zero-carbon energy strategy and climate change mitigation efforts. SMR technology could play an important part in this.
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