Quantifying mining requirement and waste for energy sustainability

Ermakova, Dinara [Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of California Berkeley, Etcheverry Hall, 2521 Hearst Ave, Berkeley, CA 94709, USA]; Sen, Drishti [Department of Applied Geophysics, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad, Jharkhand 826004, India] (ORCID:0009000372409905); Wainwright, Haruko [Department of Nuclear Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA]; Bae, Jin Whan [Reactor and Nuclear Systems Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 5200, 1 Bethel Valley Rd, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, USA]; Chen, Lisha [Department of Gender & Women's Studies, University of California Berkeley, Barrows Hall, 608 Barrow Ln, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA]; Vujic, Jasmina [Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of California Berkeley, Etcheverry Hall, 2521 Hearst Ave, Berkeley, CA 94709, USA]

doi:10.1039/d4se01484g

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Quantifying mining requirement and waste for energy sustainability

Ermakova, Dinara [Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of California Berkeley, Etcheverry Hall, 2521 Hearst Ave, Berkeley, CA 94709, USA]·Sen, Drishti [Department of Applied Geophysics, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad, Jharkhand 826004, India] (ORCID:0009000372409905)·Wainwright, Haruko [Department of Nuclear Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA]·Bae, Jin Whan [Reactor and Nuclear Systems Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 5200, 1 Bethel Valley Rd, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, USA]·Chen, Lisha [Department of Gender & Women's Studies, University of California Berkeley, Barrows Hall, 608 Barrow Ln, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA]·Vujic, Jasmina [Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of California Berkeley, Etcheverry Hall, 2521 Hearst Ave, Berkeley, CA 94709, USA]

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This study demonstrates the life-cycle assessment of different energy sources-coal, natural gas, solar, wind, nuclear, and hydro-particularly focused on mining activities and waste per given electricity capacity and generation.

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Ermakova, Dinara [Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of California Berkeley, Etcheverry Hall, 2521 Hearst Ave, Berkeley, CA 94709, USA], Sen, Drishti [Department of Applied Geophysics, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad, Jharkhand 826004, India] (ORCID:0009000372409905), Wainwright, Haruko [Department of Nuclear Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA], Bae, Jin Whan [Reactor and Nuclear Systems Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 5200, 1 Bethel Valley Rd, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, USA], Chen, Lisha [Department of Gender & Women's Studies, University of California Berkeley, Barrows Hall, 608 Barrow Ln, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA], Vujic, Jasmina [Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of California Berkeley, Etcheverry Hall, 2521 Hearst Ave, Berkeley, CA 94709, USA]. 2025-01-01. Quantifying mining requirement and waste for energy sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4se01484g

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