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| Table 1: Quantities of fuel used in Canada in 1994, and waste materials produced | |
| Fuel source/waste material |
Quantity |
| Uranium used as fuel (tonnes) | 1 914 |
| • Spent fuel (tonnes) | 2 420 |
| • Low level waste (tonnes) | 30 000 |
| Oil and gas used as fuel (cubic metres) | 6 100 000 |
| Coal used as fuel (tonnes) | 50 000 000 |
| • Ash (tonnes) | 4 600 000 |
| • Heavy metals in ash (tonnes) | 4 160 |
| • Emissions (tonnes): | |
| escaped ash | 23 200 |
| carbon dioxide | 104 000 000 |
| sulphur dioxide | 596 000 |
| nitrogen oxide | 185 000 |
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