Despite its low cost and high rate of energy production, nuclear energy is the bane of environmental groups the world over, but is it really that bad?

Firstly, it produces very little CO2, reducing the amount of greenhouse gases pumped into the atmosphere.

It also produces large amounts of power for relatively little space. An average nuclear power planet produces approximately 12.4 billion kwh a year - that is the equivalent of 35,428 wind turbines. It is no wonder that nuclear energy produces 30 percent of the world's power and 20 percent of America's.

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