Eco-Snippet: Nuclear v Fossil Fuel Gas

ECO-SNIPPET:  Nuclear vs fossil fuel gas

With some of our electricity sourced from nuclear generation, there were no CO2 emissions, but there was some high-level radioactive waste created – the equivalent of 0.0010g/kWh, compared to 0.0011g/kWh for the UK’s electricity overall.

That’s around 0.27ml of high-level radioactive waste for a typical home with Octopus (compared to 0.3ml for the typical UK supplier).  Over 18 years, that adds up to almost 1 teaspoon of waste, which is securely transported and stored in pools in Cumbria.

If the electricity was produced from gas instead, it would have released 140 kg of CO2 into the environment over the year, and over 18years would release more than enough to fill a typical leisure centre swimming pool.

It’s also worth noting electricity from fossil fuels causes far more deaths than either renewables or nuclear, and that’s just counting accidents and air pollution (so not including climate disasters).

Source: Octopus Energy

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