nuclear power debate
Veronica Rosado
Ms.Erickson
Chemistry Honors
Period: 1-2
Nuclear Power debate Nuclear power is extremely costly. Building or restarting the number of nuclear power plants would cost trillions of dollars. For example, there was an estimate created by the Florida Power and Light Company to create a new reactor plant with a price tag of $12- $18 billion dollars for a single project. This shock would be passed on to consumers already struggling in a weak economy. Nuclear Power will not decrease our reliance on Middle East Oil Supplies: One of the arguments used to maintenance nuclear power is that it will reduce our oil use. This is not true because most of the oil that we use is for gas in our automobiles and nuclear power has nothing to do with that since it is generating electricity not fuel. Nuclear Power infects Water Supplies: Cases of water contamination with radioactive substances has happened around over a several diverse nuclear sites around the country. The practice of mining supplies used in nuclear power plants such as uranium and titanium run a very high risk of water contamination to nearby rivers and streams as well as ground water supplies. There is No Safe Way to Mine, Store, or Process Nuclear Materials: Even though energy industrialists claim that nuclear energy is safe, the truth is that there is no certain safe means for control of nuclear materials. The risk of an accident and exposure increase exponentially through each step in the process of mining, carriage, storage, improvement, and use or nuclear power which then leaves you with enormous amounts of nuclear waste that must be confined and disposed of. Every stage of this process transfers danger for the environment and the public. Nuclear Power will not ease Carbon Emissions: While the plant itself at the point of constructing energy may not be releasing as much carbon pollution as a coal plant, it does create equal or better quantities of carbon emissions during the entire process
Ms.Erickson
Chemistry Honors
Period: 1-2
Nuclear Power debate Nuclear power is extremely costly. Building or restarting the number of nuclear power plants would cost trillions of dollars. For example, there was an estimate created by the Florida Power and Light Company to create a new reactor plant with a price tag of $12- $18 billion dollars for a single project. This shock would be passed on to consumers already struggling in a weak economy. Nuclear Power will not decrease our reliance on Middle East Oil Supplies: One of the arguments used to maintenance nuclear power is that it will reduce our oil use. This is not true because most of the oil that we use is for gas in our automobiles and nuclear power has nothing to do with that since it is generating electricity not fuel. Nuclear Power infects Water Supplies: Cases of water contamination with radioactive substances has happened around over a several diverse nuclear sites around the country. The practice of mining supplies used in nuclear power plants such as uranium and titanium run a very high risk of water contamination to nearby rivers and streams as well as ground water supplies. There is No Safe Way to Mine, Store, or Process Nuclear Materials: Even though energy industrialists claim that nuclear energy is safe, the truth is that there is no certain safe means for control of nuclear materials. The risk of an accident and exposure increase exponentially through each step in the process of mining, carriage, storage, improvement, and use or nuclear power which then leaves you with enormous amounts of nuclear waste that must be confined and disposed of. Every stage of this process transfers danger for the environment and the public. Nuclear Power will not ease Carbon Emissions: While the plant itself at the point of constructing energy may not be releasing as much carbon pollution as a coal plant, it does create equal or better quantities of carbon emissions during the entire process