Nuclear Power: Risking a Comeback

Quote:

The Nuclear Energy Institute estimates that without nuclear power playing its current role in the generation of electricity, the U.S. would spew 29 percent—190 million metric tons (209.4 million tons)—more carbon than it does now.

Question:

Where would the carbon come from and how is atomic energy safer?

Comment:

I would imagine that the carbon would come from coal and other energy creators, but is more carbon in the air less safe than having nuclear power plants everywhere? I want to know what the difference between the long term effects are. I know that if too much carbon gets into the atmosphere, then the ozone layer could deplete, but there are alternatives that we can use to avoid that. But if a nuclear power plant explodes, that could mean hundreds to thousands of years of mutations in humans and it could leave heavy toxins in the earth.