But coal most certainly does. A nuclear plant that emitted like a coal plant would be shut down pronto. And consider the Palo Verde nuclear plant. They had t

But coal most certainly does. A nuclear plant that emitted like a coal plant would be shut down pronto. And consider the Palo Verde nuclear plant. They had to get an NRC exemption on radioactivity of their discharge water. They had a little problem: their intake water didn't meet the discharge water requirements. They're using reclaimed sewage water--and getting the radioactivity that goes down the toilet from nuclear medicine patients.