
"Daily Clean-Energy Facts" from the
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HERE'S YOUR DAILY CLEAN-ENERGY FACT!
AMERICA'S 104 NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS PRODUCE ABOUT 20-PERCENT OF THE NATION'S
ELECTRICITY--ENOUGH TO MEET THE NEEDS OF NEARLY 62-MILLION PEOPLE.
TO FIND OUT MORE, VISIT
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HERE'S YOUR DAILY CLEAN-ENERGY FACT!
AMERICA'S NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS RUN AROUND THE CLOCK--HELPING PEOPLE DEAL
WITH SWELTERING HEAT AND HUMIDITY. ON AVERAGE, THE NATION'S NUCLEAR
PLANTS CHURN OUT ELECTRICITY AT 90-PERCENT OF THEIR CAPACITY. TO FIND
OUT MORE, VISIT
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HERE'S YOUR DAILY CLEAN-ENERGY FACT!
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS OPERATING IN 31 STATES PRODUCE MORE THAN 70-PERCENT OF
THE ELECTRICITY THAT COMES FROM EMISSION-FREE SOURCES--INCLUDING
HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS, AND RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES LIKE SOLAR AND WIND.
TO FIND OUT MORE, VISIT
"N-E-I"-DOT-ORG.
HERE'S YOUR DAILY CLEAN-ENERGY FACT!
NUCLEAR ENERGY IS THE ONLY LARGE-SCALE, CLEAN-ENERGY SOURCE THAT CAN BE
EXPANDED WIDELY, TO PRODUCE LARGE AMOUNTS OF ELECTRICITY--WITHOUT POLLUTING
THE AIR. TO LEARN MORE, VISIT
"N-E-I"-DOT-ORG.
HERE'S YOUR DAILY CLEAN-ENERGY FACT! BY
SUBSTITUTING FOR OTHER FUELS IN ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION, NUCLEAR ENERGY HAS
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED U-S EMISSIONS OF GASES THAT CAUSE SMOG, AND ACID
RAIN--AND THAT HAVE BEEN LINKED TO THE THREAT OF GLOBAL WARMING. TO
FIND OUT MORE, VISIT
"N-E-I"-DOT-ORG.
HERE'S YOUR DAILY CLEAN-ENERGY FACT!
WITHOUT NUCLEAR POWER, 131-MILLION OF THE NATION'S 136-MILLION
PASSENGER-CARS WOULD HAVE TO BE ELIMINATED--IN ORDER TO KEEP U-S
CARBON-DIOXIDE EMISSIONS FROM INCREASING. TO FIND OUT MORE, VISIT
"N-E-I"-DOT-ORG.
HERE'S YOUR DAILY CLEAN-ENERGY FACT!
MORE THAN 400 NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS, WORLDWIDE, PRODUCE 16-PERCENT OF THE
WORLD'S ELECTRICITY--WHILE REDUCING CARBON-DIOXIDE EMISSIONS BY MORE THAN
TWO-BILLION METRIC-TONS, A YEAR. TO FIND OUT MORE, VISIT
"N-E-I"-DOT-ORG.
HERE'S YOUR DAILY CLEAN-ENERGY FACT! A
ONE-THOUSAND-MEGAWATT WIND-FARM WOULD OCCUPY 78 SQUARE-MILES. BUT, A
ONE-THOUSAND-MEGAWATT NUCLEAR PLANT WOULD OCCUPY LESS THAN FIVE-PERCENT OF
THAT AREA. TO FIND OUT MORE, VISIT
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HERE'S YOUR DAILY CLEAN-ENERGY FACT!
AVERAGE NUCLEAR-POWER-PRODUCTION COSTS HAVE DECLINED BY MORE THAN
30-PERCENT, OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS--TO A CURRENT AVERAGE OF LESS THAN TWO
CENTS, PER KILOWATT-HOUR. TO FIND OUT MORE, VISIT
"N-E-I"-DOT-ORG.
HERE'S YOUR DAILY CLEAN-ENERGY FACT! IN
2005, U-S NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS AVOIDED THE EMISSION OF 3.3-MILLION
SHORT-TONS OF SULFUR-DIOXIDE--MORE THAN TWICE THE AMOUNT AVOIDED BY ALL
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES, COMBINED. TO FIND OUT MORE, VISIT
"N-E-I"-DOT-ORG.
HERE'S YOUR DAILY CLEAN-ENERGY FACT!
LEADING ENVIRONMENTALISTS--LIKE GREENPEACE CO-FOUNDER
PATRICK MOORE, AND NORRIS MCDONALD OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN
ENVIRONMENTALIST ASSOCIATION--SUPPORT NUCLEAR ENERGY, BECAUSE IT'S A
CLEAN WAY TO MEET RISING ELECTRICITY DEMAND. TO FIND OUT MORE, VISIT
"N-E-I"-DOT-ORG.
HERE'S YOUR DAILY CLEAN-ENERGY FACT!
DID YOU KNOW THAT NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS ARE SO CLEAN AND SAFE THAT THEY
PROVIDE EXCELLENT HABITATS FOR WILDLIFE AND PLANTS? SOMETHING TO THINK
ABOUT. TO FIND MORE CLEAN-ENERGY FACTS, LOG ON TO
"N-E-I"-DOT-ORG.
HERE'S YOUR DAILY CLEAN-ENERGY FACT! IN
2005, U-S NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS PREVENTED THE DISCHARGE OF 682-MILLION
METRIC-TONS OF CARBON-DIOXIDE, INTO THE ATMOSPHERE--NEARLY AS MUCH AS IS
RELEASED, EACH YEAR, FROM ALL U-S PASSENGER-CARS. TO FIND OUT MORE,
VISIT
"N-E-I"-DOT-ORG.
HERE'S YOUR DAILY CLEAN-ENERGY FACT! IN
2005, U-S NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS REDUCED EMISSIONS OF NITROGEN-OXIDES BY 1.1-MILLION
SHORT-TONS--ROUGHLY THE EQUIVALENT OF TAKING 55-MILLION
PASSENGER-CARS OFF THE ROAD. TO FIND OUT MORE, VISIT
"N-E-I"-DOT-ORG.
HERE'S YOUR DAILY CLEAN-ENERGY FACT!
ONLY 30-PERCENT OF AMERICA'S ELECTRICITY COMES FROM CLEAN-AIR SOURCES.
HOWEVER, NUCLEAR ENERGY ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT 70-PERCENT OF THAT CLEAN-AIR
ELECTRICITY GENERATION. TO FIND OUT MORE, VISIT
"N-E-I"-DOT-ORG.
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