Nuclear power, despite being taunted as the adversary of mother nature and used to threaten world peace, is more friendly and safe than you think. Scientists from NASA recently published a myth-busting finding that nuclear power, as an energy source, had prevented epidemic level of death.
This was measured against the use of fossil fuel to substitute nuclear and the unwanted byproduct produced by both source of energy ie. carbon dioxide (CO2) and nuclear waste. They concluded that solely relying on fossil fuel to power our needs will produce enough CO2 that could cause far more harm than radioactive waste would, with consideration given to nuclear accidents such as the one in Fukushima.
If you fancy numbers, we’re talking about 1.84 million air pollution-related deaths and 64 gigatonnes of CO2 equivalent greenhouse gas prevented through use of nuclear power.
Source : Chemical & Engineering News
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