Keywords: CO2&NPPs.png In this graph NPP Nuclear Power Plant CO2 emissions if base-load electricity currently produced by nuclear power were replaced by coal or natural gas as current reactors go offline after their 60 year licenses expire references missing Note graph assumes all 104 nuclear power plants receive license extensions out to 60 years 104 also if graph does not show 60 year interval so talk about 60 year extension is confusing Own Brett R Stone and Daniel L Campbell 2009-05 Nuclear power statistics Electricity in the United States Energy statistics of the United States Atmospheric carbon dioxide |