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How do nuclear power stations alter the ecosystem around them?

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Note, however, that every fossil-fuel burning power plant contributes CO2 which “alter the ecosystem around them”, ie all over the world through Global Warming. read more

Basically none, the most notable exception being heat. Light Water Reactors are not terribly efficient, so they dump more heat per unit of electricity generated than a well designed coal-burner will dump. read more

A nuclear power plant or nuclear power station is a thermal power station in which the heat source is a nuclear reactor. As it is typical of thermal power stations, heat is used to generate steam that drives a steam turbine connected to a generator that produces electricity. read more

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