This fact sheet explains how nuclear power plants circulate water, how withdrawal differs from consumption and how plants perform during severe weather.
August 19, 2008
Nuclear energy is the only large-scale, clean-air technology that can be expanded widely to produce large amounts of electricity.
September 23, 2009
A combination of plant design and systems, and employee monitoring, helps prevent unplanned radioactive releases and helps control and contain them in the event that they should occur. No public health or safety risk has resulted from tritium releases at commercial nuclear power plants.
July 1, 2009