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Scientists have shown nuclear energy is clean, safe, abundant and affordable. It produces almost no air pollution and greenhouse gases. Without nuclear power, some emissions would have gone up the equivalent of 58 million passenger cars in the U.S.
The federal government predicts that by the year 2030 electricity usage in the U.S. will increase by 50 percent. With the doubling of oil prices, global warming and a diminishing supply of fossil fuels, experts say nuclear energy is the missing piece of the energy puzzle.
For more information, visit www.ans.org/pi/np/renaissance/. Nuclear energy
has been supplying electricity to people since 1957. Check your electric bill to
see where your power comes from.
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