Nuclear Power Conserving Resources with Nuclear Power
Did you know nuclear power is one of the cleanest ways to produce electricity? Nuclear power plants do not burn fuel. Instead, they use fissioning uranium atoms to produce the heat needed to operate the plant.
Nuclear power plants do not produce airborne emissions like carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide or nitrogen oxide. In fact, the emissions prevented by generating electricity at U.S. nuclear power plants are equal to emissions from approximately 130 million cars.
Using nuclear power has enabled us to use our fossil fuels more sparingly. Over the past 30 years, nuclear power has reduced the use of oil for electricity by more than 23 billion barrels and natural gas by 143 trillion cubic feet.