Sulfur bearing solid fuels

The reason given by Szargut and Styrylska for treating separately sulfur-bearing solid fuels is that the combustion product SOj does not exist as a stable species in the reference environment moreover, it has an extremely small partial pressure in atmospheric air and is thus very difficult to measure accurately. 

A 1,000-MWe power plant uses 2,000 railroad cars of coal or 10 supertankers of oil but only 12 cubic meters of natural uranium every year. Fossil fuel plants can produce thousands of tons of noxious gases, particulates, and heavy metal bearing radioactive ash along with solid hazardous waste. There are up to 500,000 tons of sulfur from coal, more than 300,000 tons from oil, and 200,000 tons from natural gas. A 1,000 MWe nuclear plant releases no noxious gases or other pollutants and much less radioactivity per capita than is encountered from airline travel, a home smoke detector, or a television set. 

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