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Which of these choices is a benefit of replacing a coal-burning power plant with a nuclear power plant?

A. Improved respiratory health of local residents
B. Improper storage of radioactive waste
C. Groundwater contamination from radioactive waste
D. Increased cancer rates among local residents

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ALTERNATIVE Answer:

Reduced greenhouse gas emissions

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Answer:

The correct answer is option A, Improved respiratory health of local residents

Step-by-step explanation:

A coal plant produces lot of harmful gases as waste in to the atmosphere which is very dangerous to all forms of living beings and cause lot many respiratory disease especially in the human beings. But when it will be replaced by a nuclear plant which is a sort of renewable source of energy, produces energy as a consequence of continuous fission reaction without any harmful by product formation

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