By: Kevin Knox

Nuclear Energy and You

BP Oil spill

Tennessee Ash Flood

Nuclear Energy facts

• 1:3,000,000 energy production ratio• “It should also be noted that during normal

operation, the effective dose equivalent from coal plants is 100 times that from nuclear plants”(referencing waste production)

• Emissions of Nuclear power are solid while coal produces gaseous waste

• 95% of Nuclear waste is recycleable

How many working nuclear plants?

• 104 in US alone• Over 400 world-wide