Environmental impact of nuclear power
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Environmental impact of nuclear power
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Nuclear power has various environmental impacts, both positive and negative, including the construction and operation of the plant, the nuclear fuel cycle, and the effects of nuclear accidents. Nuclear power plants do not burn fossil fuels and so do not directly emit carbon dioxide. The carbon dioxide emitted during mining, enrichment, fabrication and transport of fuel is small when compared with the carbon dioxide emitted by fossil fuels of similar energy yield, however, these plants still prod
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_nuclear_power
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2007-11-09T19:49:14Z
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2024-08-29T18:25:39Z
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