Presenter(s)

    Will Page Blaufuss, Jaime Elaine Howard, Nicholas Alexander Pannunzio

    Comments

    This project reflects research conducted as part of a course project designed to give students experience in the research process. Course: EGR 374 01

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    Description

    Using an environmentally extended Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), we will compare nuclear energy to conventional carbon-based energy sources, taking into account and analyzing all stages of the energy generation life cycle. We plan to include land usage and degradation, mining, pollution, waste disposal, decommissioning costs, and storage of nuclear waste into our analysis. The comparison will then determine if nuclear energy is a truly green alternative to currently-used coal and gas plants.

    Publication Date

    4-22-2020

    Project Designation

    Course Project

    Primary Advisor

    Erin L. Gibbemeyer

    Primary Advisor's Department

    Chemical and Materials Engineering

    Keywords

    Stander Symposium project, School of Engineering

    United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

    Affordable and Clean Energy; Climate Action

    Life Cycle Assessment of Coal and Nuclear Energy Generation

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