Unlike coal-fired or oil-fired generation, nuclear power generation does not directly produce any sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, or mercury (pollution from fossil fuels is blamed for 24,000 early deaths each year in the U.S. alone).
不像燃煤發電或燃油發電,核能發電不會直接產生任何二氧化硫,氮氧化物或是汞(光是在美國,化石燃料造成的汙染就被批評使得每年有24,000人早死)。