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US / Removing Nuclear From Energy Mix ‘Would Have Serious Health Risks’

By David Dalton
11 April 2023

Additional fossil fuels would lead to pollution-related deaths, MIT study suggests
Removing Nuclear From Energy Mix ‘Would Have Serious Health Risks’
The single unit Clinton nuclear power station in the US state of Illinois.
Removing nuclear power from the US energy mix would lead to an increase in air pollution that would have serious health effects resulting in an additional 5,200 pollution-related deaths over one year, a study by researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology concludes.

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