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| | Pennsylvania's Dirty Energy Legacy -- Why we need a Clean Energy Portfolio Standard |
 | | Pennsylvania has the 2nd highest number of commercial nuclear reactors in the country (11 total: 9 operating, 1 shut down, 1 melted down), following Illinois.[6] Consequently, Pennsylvania is #2 in generation of electricity from nuclear power [7] and is one of the top states in the generation of nuclear waste.[8] |
 | | Pennsylvania is being targeted with a proposal for the nation's first coal-to-oil refinery, to be located in Schuylkill County. |
 | | Mangano, et al., "An unexpected rise in strontium-90 in US deciduous teeth in the 1990s," The Science of The Total Environment, Volume 317, Issues 1-3, 30 December 2003, Pages 37-51. |
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