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+## Nuclear Energy
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+#### Nuclear energy, already deployed widely with a variety of purposes, is safe, saves lives, and reduces pollution**
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+*   [Kharecha and Hansen 13](https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es3051197?source=cen)
+    *   Global nuclear power has prevented:
+        *   **1.84 million deaths** related to air pollution
+        *   **64 gigatonnes of CO2 emissions** that would have resulted from fossil fuel burning
+    *   On the basis of global projection data that take into account the effects of the Fukushima accident, nuclear power could, by midcentury, additionally prevent:
+        *   an average of **4.2 hundred thousand to 7.04 million deaths**
+        *   **80 to 240 gigatonnes CO2 emissions** due to fossil fuels
+*   [World Nuclear Association 19](https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/current-and-future-generation/nuclear-power-in-the-world-today.aspx) 
+    *   Nuclear energy now provides about **10% of the world's electricity** from about **450 power reactors**.
+    *   Over **50 countries** utilise nuclear energy in about 225 research reactors. 
+    *   These reactors are used for the production of medical and industrial isotopes, as well as for training.
+*   [Center for Nuclear Science and Technology Information](http://nuclearconnect.org/know-nuclear/applications/energy) of the American Nuclear Society
+    *   Pollution prevented from being released into the atmosphere:
+        *   5.1 million tons of sulfur dioxide
+        *   2.4 million tons of nitrogen oxide
+        *   164 million metric tons of carbon
+    *   Material Cost — one kg of Uranium is the approximate equivalent of:
+        *   42 gallons of oil
+        *   1 ton of coal
+        *   17,000 cubic feet of natural gas
+    *   Monetary Cost:
+        *   Nuclear plants: 2.40 cents per kilowatt-hour
+        *   Coal-fired plants: 3.27 cents
+        *   Oil: 22.48 cents
+        *   Gas: 3.40 cents
+    *   Efficiency
+        *   Nuclear power plant capacity factors: over 85%.
+        *   Fossil fired plants: 50-60%
+        *    Solar and wind: 30% or lower