INTRODUCTION Nuclear energy has perhaps the lowest impact on the environment--including air, land, water, and wildlife--of any energy source, because it does not produce harmful gases, isolates its waste from the environment, and requires less area to produce the same amount of electricity as other sources. Nuclear power plants produce no controlled air pollutants, such as sulfur and particulates, or greenhouse gases. The use of nuclear energy in place of other energy sources helps to …
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…the fuel assemblies, and several other barriers are designed to contain radiation and protect plant workers and the public living near a nuclear plant from any exposure to elevated levels of radiation. Overall, nuclear energy has many advantages to other energy sources. It is safer, more reliable, more efficient and with a list of advantages that keeps going on. It will certainly replace coal production and will certainly be with us in the near future.