TRUTHS ABOUT NUCLEAR POWER

1. Today one-third of the world's people have no access to electricity. By 2050 demand for electricity will triple. Countries with large populations, like China and India, are turning to nuclear energy.

2. Nuclear reactors emit no greenhouse gases. Today's plants are preventing emissions of 2.5 billion tons of CO2 annually.

3. Nuclear is the only energy industry to take full responsibility for all its wastes. In countries using this form of power, radioactive wastes amount to less than 1% of total national wastes.

4. Reactors can now be used for desalination to meet the world's growing shortage of clean water. New reactors are expected to produce hydrogen and battery power for clean-energy cars.

5. Chernobyl spurred the creation of the World Association of Nuclear Operators. Today's reactors use a "defense in depth strategy," comprising multiple layers of backup safety systems, to prevent the release of radioactivity even under a worse-case scenario.

6. U.S. public support for nuclear energy has reached 70%, a record high.

Source: World Nuclear Association, Fortune, June, 2008.

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