IMPACT OF REPLACEMENT COAL AND FOSSIL ENERGY BY NUCLEAR ENERGY ON GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GASES EMISSION

Abstract

Climate change has become one of the important matters that worry humanity worldwide, until local seminars and international conferences have been held for it at the highest levels, such as the level of heads of state. What is worrying about climate change is the increase in the average global temperature until it soon reaches the age of mankind, which has reached 1.5 degrees Celsius until the year 2033 and 2 degrees Celsius until the year 2059, as an inevitable result of the increase in carbon emissions resulting from electricity generation, industry and vehicle exhaust, which were estimated at about 1000 gigabytes of tons until the year 2060, in which the production of electrical energy contributes by more than 50%. On the other hand, the unjust encroachment on forests, this is the lung of the world. Since electric power generation is responsible for more than half of the global emissions of carbon gases, this research aims to study the carbon emissions resulting from electric power generation with the scenarios of Unfinished Symphony, Modern Jazz and Hard Rock, and trying to reduce the carbon emissions resulting from electric power generation by replacing electricity generation with nuclear energy as an alternative to coal all types, as well as petroleum (fossil fuels), with the stability of the use of natural gas and new and renewable energies according to previous scenarios until the year 2060. The result was, according to the Unfinished Symphony scenario, emissions were about 591.9 gigatons. In contrast, when using nuclear energy as an alternative, the contribution of electricity production by 65% cancels out the improvement in the amount of carbon emissions by 75.1%, with a carbon dioxide productivity of 146.8 gigatons. According to the Jazz scenario, emissions were about 632.1 gigatons. In contrast, when using nuclear energy as an alternative, the contribution of electricity production is 65%, which cancels out the improvement in the amount of carbon emissions by 75.2%, with a carbon dioxide productivity of 156.8 gigatons. According to the Hard Rock scenario, emissions were about (643.3) gigatons. In contrast, when using nuclear energy as an alternative, the contribution of electricity production is 65%, which cancels out the improvement in the amount of carbon emissions by 74.87%, with a production of carbon dioxide that amounted to 161.6 gigatons.