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PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR ENERGY
Volume 73, Issue -, Pages 172-178Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2014.02.002
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Nuclear energy consumption; GDP growth; CO2 emission; Panel data
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This study investigates the influence of nuclear energy consumption on GDP growth and CO2 emission in 30 major nuclear energy consuming countries. The panel mode was used taking the period 1990-2010. The results of the study indicated that nuclear energy consumption has a positive long run effect on GDP growth while it has no long run effect on CO2 emission. The Granger causality test results also revealed that nuclear energy consumption has a positive short run causal relationship with GDP growth while it has a negative short run causal relationship with CO2 emission. Based on the results of this study, nuclear energy consumption has an important role in increasing GDP growth in the investigated countries with no effect on CO2 emission. Consequently, unlike fossil fuels which also increase GDP growth, nuclear energy consumption causes less damage to the environment. From the results of the study, a number of recommendations were provided for the investigated countries. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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