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Nuclear Power

Benefits

Nuclear power comes with many benefits and some of the more obvious reasons is that nuclear power produces no CO2 and that only a single atom can provide huge amounts of energy.

A list of Nuclear Power benefits and some comparisons to fossil fuels:

• Nuclear Power does not produce CO2 emissions whereas coal and oil produce CO2 and gases that cause acid rain and smog.
• By using nuclear energy in Canada 90 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emission is avoided compared to using coal.
• The price of nuclear energy is very stable unlike many fossil fuels. The price does not fluctuate, because mining uranium is only a very small part of the process.
• Nuclear power is very reliable, in 2008 several of Canada's nuclear generating units operated for more than 90% of available hours. Other forms of power generation like wind or sun are less reliable.
• Canada's nuclear industry contributes 1.5 billion in revenue to the government and directly provides 21000 jobs to people.
• Nuclear power is highly regulated by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission which is part of the federal government.
• Radiation is considered as the negative of Nuclear Power but it can also be an effective tool treat cancer; the nuclear industry delivers 15 million cancer treatments a year worldwide.