All of the pollutants for nuclear power is right there on site. Its great. Coal emissions are various and many very toxic. Most are scrubbed out now in the US but not elsewhere. Fish high on the food chain in the oceans are dangerous to eat regularly due to high mercury content from coal burning. People that protest nuclear power while coal is still being burned are just anti-industry. Reading some history about the misery of life without industrial levels of power might give some perspective.