How Nuclear Power in the UK has improved the Life, Lifestyle and Health of Someone You Know – and Maybe You (Ukraine added 23 Nov 2019)

From 1956 to today, the UK nuclear power plants have generated 3,000 TWh of low-carbon, 24/7 electricity - free of airborne pollutants, GHG emissions and toxic pollutants of land and water.

[UK] Historical electricity data: 1920 to 2018

In 2009, 27.4% of the UK’s 376 TWh of electricity came from coal-fired power plants. That’s 103 TWh.

UK Electricity Generation 2009 to 2017; All plant-types; interactive

In 2009, those 103 TWh of electricity from burning highly polluting coal caused 1,601 premature deaths and 1,073,958 cases of ‘Lower Respiratory Symptoms’ [LRS]

What does coal cost health in the United Kingdom?

"...It shows that the fumes from coal-fired power stations are responsible for the following effects on UK citizens: 1,600 premature deaths, 68,000 additional days of medication, 363,266 working days lost and more than a million incidents of lower respiratory symptoms, which is costing £1.1 to 3.1 billion (€1.3 to 3.7 billion) each year..." (Averaging £2.2 billion per year)

Premature Deaths caused by burning Coal: 15.5/TWh

LRS caused by burning Coal: 10,427/TWh

Annual cost from burning coal: £2.2 billion per year

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Beneficial health effects from 3000 TWh of Pollution-Free Electricity generated by Nuclear Power:

Premature Deaths Saved: 46,500 UK Citizens

LRS Prevented in: 31,281,000 UK Citizens

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The 3,000 TWh of pollution-free nuclear power generation is over 63 years which averages 47.6 TWh/year. Proportionate to the £2.2 billion costs per year for the 103 TWh of coal fired generation, the average cost is >£1 billion per year:

Total to 2019: £64 Billion

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Nuclear Power Generation in Ukraine 

1970 to 2019. 

Somewhere in the media, every day of every year since April 1986, some anti-nuclear hype is foisted upon the general public.

But how many premature deaths have been saved and cases of respiratory ailments prevented by nuclear power generation in the Ukraine, displacing the burning of coal?

At 15.5 per TWh, that's 45,614 premature deaths saved.

At 10,427 per TWh, that's 30,685,000 cases of LSR prevented.

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Look forward to a BBC documentary on this very subject.

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