Environmental Impacts of Fuel Chains Involved in Electricity Generation Systems and Ways for its Internalization

A comparative information on Environmental impacts of various electrical power generation schemes is helpful in evaluation of energy options. Over the last few decades various researchers and environmentalists have quantified these impacts for a wide range of energy sources. The results can provide useful insights and help to promote further studies of impacts for many more technologies, sites and regions. In this paper we have discussed the proper fuel cycle approach, where impacts from the point of fuel acquisition to waste disposal have been estimated. In addition, we have stated some internalization schemes to check and control the environmental impacts of fuel cycle involved in different electrical generating stations.