Reason Magazine
•Nuclear energy prevents air pollution and saves lives
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New nuclear plant construction flatlined after Chernobyl in 1986 , says economist.
Fewer clean nuclear power plants led to increased air pollution from fossil fuelfired plants, he says.
Only 20 percent of U.S. electricity is currently generated by nuclear plants, chiefly old-fashioned light-water reactors.
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https://www.unscear.org/unscear/en/areas-of-work/chernobyl.htmlhttps://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/5-facts-know-about-three-mile-islandhttps://fissilematerials.org/library/aec70.pdfhttps://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2021/12/why-the-new-pollution-literature-is-credible.htmlhttps://sgp.fas.org/crs/misc/RL33442.pdfhttps://conference.nber.org/conf_papers/f205791.pdfhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/sofialottopersio/2021/11/04/no-one-died-from-radiation-at-fukushima-iaea-boss-statement-met-with-laughter-at-cop26/https://aqli.epic.uchicago.edu/https://www.energy.gov/nuclearhttps://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1819989116
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