Compare a thousand-megawatt coal-fired plant with a nuclear plant of the same capacity. Here is what each emits in the course of a year:Carbon Dioxide:Meanwhile, the use of nuclear power continued without interruption in the U.S. Navy. Today 83 ships are equipped with 105 reactors, and there have been no incidents. These warships are welcomed at 150 foreign ports without encountering the local equivalents of Jane Fonda. On nuclear submarines, sailors work and sleep with their bunks only feet away from shielded reactors. They are allowed to receive an additional radiation dose of up to 5,000 millirems a year and report no ill effects.
Coal - 7 million tons
Nuclear - none
Sulfur Dioxide:
Coal - 12,000 tons
Nuclear - none
Nitrogen Oxides:
Coal - 20,000 tons
Nuclear - none
Solid Waste:
Coal - 750,000 tons
Nuclear - 50 tons
Wednesday, January 4, 2006
It Ain't Necessarily So: Nuclear Power, Pollution, and Subs
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