Pros+of+nuclear+energy

dgggggggg 8.76 terawatt hours * 25 deaths per terawatt hours = 219 deaths per year from coal. dgggggggg 8.76 terawatt hours * 0.04 deaths per terawatt hours = 0.3504 deaths per year from nuclear.
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 * * Nuclear reactors generate electricity without emitting carbon dioxide and other pollutants.
 * Nuclear plants generated 789 terawatt - hours of electricity in 2004 — or about 22 percent of the nation's electrical power.
 * One nuclear plant generates one gigawatt continuously. In one year it would generate about 8760 gigawatts, which is also 8.76 terawatt hours.
 * The mean average number of deaths per terawatt hour for coal is 25 deaths for the European Union. The mean average number of deaths per terawatt hour of generating capacity for nuclear is 0.04 deaths.
 * If we remove the Uranium metal from our spent nuclear fuel, we are left with only 437 metric tons of waste to match the generating capacity of coal. The amount of arsenic alone in this amount of coal is enough to kill every man woman and child on the planet ten times over. In the 1.05 billion tons of coal there is 7884 tons of arsenic, 109 tons of mercury, 1167 tons of beryllium, 8810 tons of chromium, 750 tons of cadmium, and 2587 tons of selenium, and 9339 tons of nickel. Coal combustion waste is the second largest waste stream in the United States. Burning coal generates 120 million short tons of toxic waste.
 * Spent fuel is transported in massive steel casks that measure four to eight feet in diameter, have walls five to 15 inches thick and contain materials that shield the environment from radioactivity. One cask used for shipment by truck holds up to nine bundles of fuel rods and weighs up to 25 tons; a rail shipment cask holds several dozen bundles and can weigh 150 tons. Casks must withstand a range of forces in testing, including a 30-foot drop onto reinforced concrete, a 40-inch drop onto a steel spike, a 30-minute fully engulfing fire and submersion under water for eight hours.

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