References for my video on nuclear power

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As the reference list for my nuclear power video is too long to fit into the YouTube description box, I’m putting it here instead!

References:

  1. CO2 concentrations https://ourworldindata.org/co2-and-other-greenhouse-gas-emissions

  2. Number of nuclear reactors https://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/Publications/PDF/rds2-35web-85937611.pdf

  3. Deaths per TWh https://ourworldindata.org/safest-sources-of-energy

  4. Death toll from Chernobyl https://ourworldindata.org/what-was-the-death-toll-from-chernobyl-and-fukushima

  5. Emissions per kWh https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2018/02/06_figure_7.6.png

  6. World electricity generation https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:World_electricity_generation_by_source_pie_chart.svg

  7. France electricity generation https://environmentalprogress.org/france

  8. 100% renewables countries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy_transition#Places_with_near_100%_renewable_electricity

  9. Space required for solar https://www.axionpower.com/knowledge/power-world-with-solar/

  10. Cost per kWh https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2018/02/07_figure_7.7.png

  11. Solar costs down 90% https://bnef.turtl.co/story/neo2019/page/5/1

  12. Nuclear plant construction costs http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2016/ph241/keller2/docs/schlissel.pdf

  13. Access to electricity https://www.iea.org/reports/sdg7-data-and-projections/access-to-electricity#abstract

  14. Microgrid as solution in rural areas https://www.iea.org/reports/energy-access-outlook-2017

  15. Renewables mining costs https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/rare-earth-mining-china-social-environmental-costs

  16. Uranium mining risks https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK201052/

  17. A1B prediction https://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/visualizations-climate-prediction/

  18. Nuclear construction time https://www.statista.com/statistics/712841/median-construction-time-for-reactors-since-1981/

  19. US 80-90% renewables https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy13osti/52409-ES.pdf

  20. Australia 100% renewables [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303811410_100_RENEWABLE_ENERGY_FOR_AUSTRALIA_Decarbonising_Australia's_Energy_Sector_Within_One_Generation_Prepared_for_GetUp_and_Solar_Citizens_CITATION_Teske_S_Dominish_E_Ison_N_and_Maras_K_2016_100_Renewable](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303811410_100_RENEWABLE_ENERGY_FOR_AUSTRALIA_Decarbonising_Australia's_Energy_Sector_Within_One_Generation_Prepared_for_GetUp_and_Solar_Citizens_CITATION_Teske_S_Dominish_E_Ison_N_and_Maras_K_2016_100_Renewable)

  21. TV pickup http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2017/05/uk-really-experience-power-surges-soap-operas-finish/

  22. Irish wind power https://www.irishexaminer.com/business/arid-20257673.html

  23. Firm low carbon definition and paper https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542435118303866

  24. Next generation geothermal https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2016/05/f31/EGS Fact Sheet May 2016.pdf

  25. Note that this is a rather unhelpful idea. See: Marshall, George. Don't Even Think About It: Why our Brains are Wired to Ignore Climate Change. New York: Bloomsbury, 2014

  26. Klein, Naomi. This Changes Everything : Capitalism vs. the Climate. New York. Simon & Schuster, 2014

  27. Gates nuclear claim https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Nuclear-the-ideal-way-for-dealing-with-climate-c

  28. BBC 2030 pathway https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46347453

  29. REN21 renewable energy percentage https://ren21.net/gsr-2018/