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Does nuclear power produce CO2?
Courtesy of Dave Kimble

Images with text documenting the CO2 emissions from nuclear fuel cycle production; fossil fuels especially in the form of gasoline and diesel are essential to every stage of the nuclear fuel cycle.
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Nuclear Power Information Tracker – US Nuclear Power Plants
Courtesy of Union of Concerned Scientists (USC) www.ucsusa.org

A comprehensive, interactive resource map from the Union of Concerned Scientists of the information and status on every U.S. nuclear power plant. Nuclear Power Information Tracker

Health Impact

Elevated childhood cancer incidence proximate to U.S. nuclear power plants.
From: Archives of Environmental Health
Date: 2/1/2003
Author: Chang, Carolyn; Dave, Amie; Feinberg, Elyssa; Frimer, Marina; Mangano, Joseph J.; Sherman,

Numerous reports document elevated cancer rates among children living near nuclear facilities in various nations. Little research has examined U.S. rates near the nation's 103 operating reactors. This study determined that cancer incidence for children < 10 yr of age who live within 30 mi (48 km) of each of 14 nuclear plants in the eastern United States (49 counties with a population > 16.8 million) exceeds the national average. The excess 12.4% risk suggests that 1 in 9 cancers among children who reside near nuclear reactors is linked to radioactive emissions. If cancer incidence in 5 western states is used as a baseline, the ratio is closer to 1 in 5. Incidence is particularly elevated for leukemia. Childhood cancer mortality exceeds the national average in 7 of the 14 study areas. Read more about elevated childhood cancer

C-10 Foundation along with a broad coalition of scientists, physicians and environmental groups have joined in a national campaign to shift the radiation health protection standards from an adult Caucasian male model, called “reference ma”, to those most at risk specifically including children and pregnant women. See: IEER | Healthy from the Start: Campaign to Include Women, Children and Future Generations in Environmental Health Standards and Take Action!