Non-renewable fuel sources: Nuclear fuel

The biggest environmental issue facing us today is radiation; from reactors, nuclear bombs, bomb sites, nuclear manufactures. Nuclear submarines, Uranium mines, waste shipments and by-products from all of the above and more. The NRC states that small amounts of radiation are prevalent in the exhaust of the cooling systems. Furthermore, they state that it is considered safe as it's diluted into the oceans and air. Unfortunately the "hot shoots", hot water discharge does not always …showed first 75 words of 606 total…

…showed last 75 words of 606 total…can cause anything from minor pain to deadly diseases such as lung cancer. Smog slowly ruins people's lungs to an extent as great as that of cigarettes. Smog is not only a city problem. As smog levels increase, winds are carrying smog away from urban areas and harming people and ecosystems far away. Agriculture is also hurt by smog. Soybeans, wheat, tomatoes, peanuts, lettuce, and cotton are all subject to infection when exposed to smog.