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what is the environmental impact of nuclear power plants under normal, everyday conditions when there are no nuclear accidents? no environmental impact high environmental impact environmentally beneficial low environmental impact
Under normal operating conditions without accidents, nuclear power plants produce very little greenhouse gas emissions compared to fossil fuel plants. While they do generate radioactive waste (which is managed carefully), their day-to-day environmental footprint is far smaller than high-impact energy sources, so they have low environmental impact. They are not entirely impact-free, nor are they "beneficial" in a proactive environmental sense, nor do they have high impact.
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