A “1973” (line 18) refers to the year when the first American nuclear plants were concluded.
B “44” (line 18) refers to the quantity of nuclear plants being built in the USA nowadays.
C “20 percent” (line 21) refers to the amount of electricity generated from nuclear plants in America.
D “tens of thousands of acres” (line 29) refers to the amount of land needed by nuclear plants to power 2 million homes.
E “162” (line 49) refers to the number of workers in the coal mining industry who were condemned with jobrelated lung diseases.