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Seven million lives could be saved choosing nuclear instead of coal: researchers

Michael Allan McCrae | April 02, 2013 | 8:30 pm Energy Coal Uranium 

Nuclear power plants have prevented 1.8 million air pollution deaths and a future build out could save a lot more lives, according to a study by Pushker A. Kharecha and James E Hansen published in Environmental Science & Technology. "Using historical...

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