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- 2.6 trillion kilowatt hours of nuclear energy generated in 2006.
- Nuclear power plants generate 20 percent of US electricity.
- No new US nuclear plant has been ordered in over 25 years.
- 14% of EU electricity generated by nuclear power in 2003.
- US plans to store radioactive waste at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.
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Friends of the Earth Europe website for safe energy. Site campaigns against nuclear energy.
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Old News on Power Plant Opening
An interesting short newsreel about the opening of the first nuclear power plant in the US.
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Nuclear Energy
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Nuclear Energy in the 21st Century
A great introduction on the controversial issue of nuclear energy.
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