Types
of Pollution Associated with the Energy Industries
(see
www.energy.gov for details)
Air
Pollution
Greenhouse Gases (Carbon
Dioxide, Methane, CFCs)
Stratospheric Ozone Depletion
(CFCs, Nitrogen oxides)
Acid Deposition (Sulfur
dioxide, Nitrogen oxides)
Air Toxics (Mercury, Carbon
monoxide, Heavy Metals)
Water
Pollution
Coal Mine Runoff
Oil Spills
Acid Deposition (affects aluminum content)
Oceanic Pollution
Radionuclides
Oceanic
Pollution
Shipping wastes, oil spills
Drilling platforms
Land Runoff (refineries, transporation)
Destruction of wetlands and coastal shelf waters
Toxic
Pollution
Mining and drilling wastes
Fuel transformations (refineries, electrical production, biomass
conversions)
Manufacture of feedstock chemicals
Nuclear
Power and Its Impacts
Fuel Cycle (mining, transport,
storage, waste management, decommissioning)
Operational releases (low level radionuclides, emissions, runoff,
equipment disposal)
Threat of accidents and consequent radioactive contamination
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Copyright
Gaytha
A. Langlois, Ph.D., 2003
Bryant
College, Smithfield, RI 02917
e-mail:
langlois@bryant.edu
Last
Updated: February 2006