nuclear power to generate electricity
Nuclear Energy has an extremely large impact of the environment. A common misconception is that nuclear energy has a negative effect on the environment. Nuclear energy has been responsible for close to half of the total voluntary reduction in greenhouse gas emissions reported by U. ... (NMC 02) Other major environmental benefits from nuclear energy that have been seen in the past years include: "17 percent of the worlds electricity was produced by nuclear energy in 1997, by replacing fossil fuels in electricity generation these nuclear power plants reduced carbon dioxide emissions by some 500 million tons of carbon, displaced eight million tons of nitrogen oxide emissions and displaced 16 million tons of sulfur dioxide emissions.