The total deployment of nuclear power from 2019 to 2023 avoids approximately 160 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (GtCO₂) annually worldwide. China avoids the largest volume of emissions from nuclear power, at almost 75 MtCO₂. In 2023, global nuclear capacity additions declined by 30 percent year-on-year.
Avoided annual emissions from nuclear power deployment worldwide from 2019 to 2023, by country
(in million metric tons of carbon dioxide)
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IEA. (February 29, 2024). Avoided annual emissions from nuclear power deployment worldwide from 2019 to 2023, by country (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1482688/avoided-emissions-from-nuclear-power-by-country/
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