Déchêts Nucléaires: La Situation Est-Elle Sous Contrôle?

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Average CO2 Emissions of New Passenger Cars Sold in the EU-15

Description: CO2 emissions from new passenger cars sold in the EU-15 are declining. Emissions from diesel cars were reduced by 12.3% between 1995 and 2003 and emissions from petrol cars have been reduced by 9.5%. However, the number of cars greatly increased between 1980 and 2000. In Portugal it increased four-fold, three-fold in Greece, and by 39% in Switzerland to reach 523 cars per thousand inhabitants in 2006. Manufacturers are committed to limiting the CO2 emissions of new passenger cars sold in the EU to 140 g/km by 2008 and to 130 g/km by 2010.
Published in: "The Environmental Price to Pay for Heavy Goods Traffic", Environment Alert Bulletins, Nov. 2007
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Emissions of CO2 by European Transport Means

Description: When comparing air emissions from different domestic (internal) transport means, road is by far the largest source of such emissions. In 2004, CO2 emissions from road transport in Europe were more than 20 times those from rail and domestic air transport together (data on emissions from international flights are not available). The use of less polluting renewable energy sources - such as solar, wind, hydropower or biomass - depends on their immediate availability/generation, and therefore their consumption cannot exceed production. Fossil fuels such as petroleum are the result of geological processes that took place over millions of years. However, they are being exhausted relatively quickly and are not renewable. At the same time, their use is increasing noxious air emissions. Particular care should be taken to maintain and develop environmentally-friendly infrastructures, keeping in mind their environmental performances to reduce our dependency on fossil fuels
Published in: "The Environmental Price to Pay for Heavy Goods Traffic", Environment Alert Bulletins, Nov. 2007
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EU-15 Energy Consumption by Sector

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Freight Transport Mode Share in France

Description: This graph shows that in France, the share of road transport increased over time to the detriment of rail traffic. The map shows that the share of internal road freight is much higher in Western Europe, where exchange with neighbouring countries has been systematic for a longer period. With the EU’s territory increasing, land planning strategies must be optimized in order to minimize distances between production centres and consumption areas.
Published in: "The Environmental Price to Pay for Heavy Goods Traffic", Environment Alert Bulletins, Nov. 2007
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Share of Internal Rail Freight Transport, Total Freight Volume Per Capita

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Share of Internal Rail Freight Transport

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Share of Internal Freight Transport Type

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Road Transport in Europe, 2003

Description: This map shows that in general, risk related to sedimentation is either linked with land clearing and deforestation leading to high runoff rates, or discharges from major water systems.
Published in: "The Environmental Price to Pay for Heavy Goods Traffic", Environment Alert Bulletins, Nov. 2007
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Freight Transport in Europe, Total Volume Per Capita

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European Freight Corridors, Tunnels and Passes

Description: This map shows that in general, risk related to sedimentation is either linked with land clearing and deforestation leading to high runoff rates, or discharges from major water systems.
Published in: "The Environmental Price to Pay for Heavy Goods Traffic", Environment Alert Bulletins, Nov. 2007
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Cumulative Global Radioactive Waste Inventories

Description: This graphic represents the cumulative global radioactive waste inventory as compiled by the International Atomic Energy Agency up to the year 2000. Different types of activities generate variable amounts of nuclear waste with respective activity. Spent fuel represents the smallest amount of waste generated in total, but holds the highest activity. The largest amounts of wastes are generated by mining and milling, but contain an activity only a millionth of that in spent fuel.
Published in: "Nuclear Waste: Is Everything Under Control?", Environment Alert Bulletins, Nov. 2007
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The Ageing Global Reactor Population

Description: This graphic presents the global number of reactors in operation by age as of 31 Dec. 2005. The majority of reactors are between 20 and 30 years old and the average age is 22. Considering that the expected lifetime of a reactor is 30 to 40 years, decommissioning is going to become a major operation over the next 50 years, leading to vastly increased quantities of radioactive wastes.
Published in: "Nuclear Waste: Is Everything Under Control?", Environment Alert Bulletins, Nov. 2007
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Radioactive Waste Classifications (IAEA)

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The Nuclear Fuel Cycle

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Southern Ural Nuclear Facilities

Description: A violent explosion on 29 September 1957 in the Chelyabinsk-40 complex in Kyshtym, southern Urals, involving dry nitrate and acetate salts in high level waste storage tanks, spread radioactivity over a large area later called the "Kyshtym footprint". The total amount of activity released was of the order of 500 000 TBq of fission products. The area contaminated was nearly 20 000 km2, of which 1 000 km2 was above the permissible limit. At the time, over 270 000 people lived in this highly contaminated zone, of whom 10 000 were eventually evacuated. The accident was concealed at the time and only came to light in the 1980s.
Published in: "Nuclear Waste: Is Everything Under Control ?", Environment Alert Bulletins, Feb. 2007
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Balkans Protected Areas

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Europe's Shrinking Glaciers

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Europe's Shrinking Glaciers: Status of Swiss Glaciers

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Osogovske Planine Ossogovo

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West Stara Planina Mountains

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Tara Planina-Drina

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Sutjeska-Durmitor-Tara River Valley

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Orjen-Snjeznica

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Bjeshket Nemuna/Prokletije

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Sharr/Sara Mountains and Korab Massif

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Valhina-Malesevske Belasica

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Balkans Hazardous Industrial Site, Water Pollution and Mining Hot Spots

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Balkans Population Density

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Rosia Montana Planned Mining Facilities

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