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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (66690)	5/7/2006 5:06:55 PM
From: SiouxPal	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 361201

There are more than 5,000 coal-mining that occur every year worldwide. No one has died of a radiation-related accident in the history of the U.S. civilian nuclear reactor program. Nuclear energy is one of the least expensive energy sources. Producing nuclear energy in the U.S. is less than 2 cents per killowatt hour. Within 40 years, used nuclear fuel has less than 1/1000th of the radioactivity it had when it was removed from the reactor.

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (66690)	5/7/2006 5:21:33 PM
From: SiouxPal	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 361201

The 600 coal-fired plants emit nearly 2-billion tons of carbon dioxide annually- the equivalent of the exhaust from about 300 million automobiles. Coal plants are responsible for 64 percent of sulphur dioxide emissions, 26 percent of nitrous oxides and 33 percent of mercury emissions. These emissions give us acid rain, smog, respiratory illness, and mercury contamination. Meanwhile the 103 nuclear plants operating in the United States avoid the release of 700-million tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually- the equivalent of the exhaust from more than 100-million automobiles.