Sustainability indicators for the assessment of nuclear power
Sustainability indicators for the assessment of nuclear power
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10.1016/j.energy.2011.08.011
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2011-10
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Laurence Stamford;A. Azapagic
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作者：
Laurence Stamford;A. Azapagic
电力供应在世界能源总需求中所占的份额越来越大，而且这一贡献肯定会增加。与此同时，减轻气候变化影响和改善能源安全的社会政治意愿日益增强。这与确保社会和经济繁荣的愿望相结合，迫切需要考虑未来发电的可持续性影响。然而，由于目前没有标准化的方法，可持续性评估的方法在范围和方法上存在很大差异。考虑到这一点，本文回顾了可持续性指标，以前被用来评估能源的选择，并提出了一个新的可持续性评估方法的基础上，生命周期的方法。总共提出了43项指标，涉及与能源系统有关的技术经济、环境和社会可持续性问题。该框架主要是为了解决与英国核电相关的问题而制定的，但也适用于其他能源技术和其他国家。
Electricity supplies an increasing share of the world’s total energy demand and that contribution is set to increase. At the same time, there is increasing socio-political will to mitigate impacts of climate change as well as to improve energy security. This, in combination with the desire to ensure social and economic prosperity, creates a pressing need to consider the sustainability implications of future electricity generation. However, approaches to sustainability assessment differ greatly in their scope and methodology as currently there is no standardised approach. With this in mind, this paper reviews sustainability indicators that have previously been used to assess energy options and proposes a new sustainability assessment methodology based on a life cycle approach. In total, 43 indicators are proposed, addressing the techno-economic, environmental and social sustainability issues associated with energy systems. The framework has been developed primarily to address concerns associated with nuclear power in the UK, but is applicable to other energy technologies as well as to other countries.