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5 grams/kWh. Wind or biomass power can produce 15-20 grams/kWh
with hydro as much as 60 grams/kWh and solar 50-70 grams/kWh. Fossil
fuels start at 120-180 grams/kWh for natural gas, 220 grams/kWh for oil
and 270-360 grams/kWh for coal.
Uranium production does have a notable impact on ozone deple-
tion. The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Toxic Release Inven-
tory showed that in 1999, the nation's two commercial nuclear fuel-man-
ufacturing plants released 88% of the ozone-depleting chemical CFC-11
by industrial sources in the U.S. and 14% of the discharges in the whole
world.
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