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Average annual growth rates for different fuels in the EU-27: Average annual growth rates for different fuels in the EU-27
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Share of electricity production by fuel type, EU-27: Share of electricity production by fuel type, EU-27
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Recalculation of CHP fuel input using the CHP Directive: Recalculation of Combined Heat and Power fuel input using the CHP Directive
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Annual quantities of spent nuclear fuel from nuclear power plants in the EU, 1990-2003: The vast majority of highly radioactive waste consists of spent fuel and spent fuel reprocessing wastes
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Real fuel prices and transport volumes have increased since 1990: The figure illustrates that variation in fuel prices does not have a large impact on development in passenger transport volumes
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Average annual growth rates for different fuels in the EU-27: Average annual growth rates for different fuels in the EU-27
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Reducing climate impacts from international aviation: Europe leads the way: The European Commission is proposing legislation to bring the aviation sector into the European Union's pioneering emissions trading scheme (EU ETS) in order to control the rapid growth in CO2 emissions from air travel. Until now airlines have not been subject to the constraints on energy consumption or greenhouse gas emissions that other businesses have to live with. Emissions from domestic flights are covered by the Kyoto Protocol's emission targets for developed countries, but international aviation - which makes up the vast majority of flights - is not. In addition, jet fuel for international flights has historically been exempted from taxation. Hence the need for policy action.
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Total final energy consumption by sector in the EU-27, 1990-2010: Consists of 5 figures that show the total final energy consumption, final energy consumption of petroleum products, final energy consumption of electricity, final energy consumption of natural gas and final energy consumption of solid fuel, all by sector in the EU-27.
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Numbers of Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities operational in 2011: Reprocessing is an important part of the fuel cycle within the European nuclear fuel industry, as illustrated by the share of European reprocessing facilities to the global total number of facilities. Europe imports most of the uranium consumed by its nuclear power plants as ore, having very little mining production in the region itself
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Historic series in annual spent fuel arisings (tonnes heavy metals): The following table refers to nuclear waste: it presents annual spent fuel arisings in nuclear power plants of OECD countries. The data are expressed in tonnes of heavy metal, and include projections and estimates up to the year 2010. Spent fuel arisings are one part of the radioactive waste generated at various stages of the nuclear fuel cycle (uranium mining and milling, fuel enrichment, reactor operation, spent fuel reprocessing). Radioactive waste also arises from decontamination and decommissioning of nuclear facilities, and from other activities using isotopes, such as scientific research and medical activities. The impact of nuclear waste on humans and the environment depends on the level of radioactivity and on the conditions under which the waste is handled, treated, stored and disposed of. While reading this table it should be noted that these data do not represent all radioactive waste generated, and that amounts of spent fuel arisings depend on the share of nuclear electricity in the energy supply and on the nuclear plant technologies adopted.
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