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The Georgetown University Earth Commons Institute, a center for environmental and sustainability innovation, research education and action, hosted a talk Feb. 9 titled “Addressing Climate Change and Sustainability through Data and Modeling” as part of their weekly ECo Talks series. The weekly ECo Talks seminars bring in leading experts from Georgetown and beyond to discuss...

The Georgetown University Earth Commons Institute, a center for environmental and sustainability innovation, research education and action, hosted a talk Feb. 9 titled “Addressing Climate Change and Sustainability through Data and Modeling” as part of their weekly ECo Talks series. The weekly ECo Talks seminars bring in leading experts from Georgetown and beyond to discuss...

Scientists based at MIT have claimed that if all nuclear reactors in the US were to stop working, pollution-related deaths could dramatically increase.

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If U.S. nuclear power plants are retired, fossil fuel use to fill the energy gap could cause more than 5,000 premature deaths due to increased air pollution, according to a new MIT study.

A new study estimates that shutting down nuclear plants in the United States could cause as many as 5,200 increased deaths in the country every year.

Afraid of nuclear plants? Perhaps you should be more afraid of air pollution.

Shutting down nuclear reactors could cause over 5,000 premature deaths due to more polluting energy sources filling the gap, researchers have said.

MIT's study found that shutting down nuclear plants could increase air pollution. According to a new study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), shutting down nuclear power plants in the United States could lead to over 5,000 pollution-related deaths in a single year.

Nearly 20 percent of today's electricity in the United States comes from nuclear power. The U.S. has the largest nuclear fleet in the world, with 92 reactors scattered around the country. Many of these power plants have run for more than half a century and are approaching the end of their expected lifetimes.