Nuclear power plants

How safe are nuclear power plants (vs other energy sources)?

1000 MW electric generators

Gravitational Energy

60,000 tonnes of water / second

Chemical Energy

10,000 tonnes of coal / day

Nuclear Energy

100 tonnes of uranium / year

Which emits the most carbon dioxide (for the same amount of energy generated)?

Which do you think is most dangerous, and why?


safety
Source: New Scientist