How green is nuclear energy?

POC.net reports on nuclear energy and how green is it.

It may seem mundane that just like in coal-fired power plants, nuclear power plants depend on the turning of water into steam in order to work the turbines that are connected to the generated. In essence, the nuclear material is being used as a fuel to well, boil water.As of 2009, almost 14 percent of the world’s power has been produced through the use of nuclear reactors. There are also a lot of warships, carriers and submarines that operate through the use of a nuclear propulsion system.

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