To a large extent‚ I agree that the nuclear power is an unsustainable energy resource. Environmentally‚ water for cooling process of the nuclear plants is released into the sea. This causes thermal pollution and reduces water quality. Moreover‚ the radioactive wastes in the nuclear plants will release radioactive substances and contaminate the surrounding areas. Even if the waste is buried underground‚ there may be leakage‚ polluting the underground water and soil. Serious damage is done to the
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Nuclear Energy – Blessing or Curse? Nowadays hot debates surround use of nuclear energy. It is widely suggested that it is one of the cheapest and cleanest energy resources‚ whereas others strongly disagree with that viewpoint‚ and claim that use of nuclear energy poses an unacceptable risk to the environment and to humanity. Consequently‚ there are many demonstrations against nuclear power plants worldwide‚ whereas others consistently support nuclear energy. Where does the truth lie? One of the
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Jonathan Li Mrs. Rankin English 113 9-28-12 Nuclear Power: Good or Evil? According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development‚ 9000-33000 innocent people died as a result of the Chernobyl nuclear meltdown in Russia in 1986- the deadliest nuclear accident to date! Since the inception of nuclear energy‚ a sense of danger has always been inherent due to the extremely radioactive nature of uranium which if emitted‚ hangs over the land as the fog cloaks the English moors. When
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Question 3 A nuclear power plant (NPP) make used of its nuclear power to generate electricity. The expression “nuclear power” is defined as a controlled release of energy by nuclear fission or nuclear fusion reactions (Nuclear Power‚ 2004‚ p. 2809). The world’s first exposure to nuclear power came with the detonation of two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 by the army of the United State of America (Nuclear Power‚ 2004‚ p. 2809). At that time‚ scientists believed
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Should all nuclear weapons be destroyed? Today countries all over the world put a significant amount of their budget towards defense and the security along the lines of their borders. Governments all around the world have put great stress on the fact of continuously developing nuclear weapons; this is to help establish their strength over other weaker countries with none or little nuclear power. The first thing that comes to my mind when nuclear weapons are brought into conversation is the Hiroshima-Nagasaki
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I believe that "Nuclear energy is NOT the best way to meet the ever-increasing energy needs of the planet." We would like to define the term the energy needs‚ and in this debate it will only apply to the electricity energy needs of the planet. There are four main arguments that we would like to state. Firstly‚ the radioactive waste generated by nuclear power plants lasts FOREVER. It is a deadly legacy to give to our children and there is no safe place to store it. The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
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The Nuclear Power Crisis In Japan Rabeea Bakrea Introduction:- Japan right now is facing a great energy problem‚ since the Tsunami on March 11th‚ 2011 the country shut down most of the Nuclear Power Plants for maintenance purposes but until now‚ they did not come back to normal‚ talking in numbers 43 out of 52 Nuclear Power Plants were shut down (The Economist‚ 2011). Japan is one of the largest nuclear power countries in the world‚ with 52 plants in operation‚ three under construction and 11
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KOODANKULAM NUCLEAR POWER PLANT Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power station currently under construction in Koodankulam in the Tirunelveli district of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Project investment cost to India was estimated to be US$ 3.5 billion in a 2001 agreement. History An Inter-Governmental Agreement on the project was signed on November 20‚ 1988 by Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. The project remained in limbo for 10 years due
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VALUE ISSUES IN DECISION-MAKING ABOUT NUCLEAR POWER GENERATION: AN ETHICAL ANALYSIS Report drawn up for Afrosearch by Prof. Johan Hattingh and Me. Leanne Seeliger Unit for Environmental Ethics University of Stellenbosch March 2002 1 Report on Value issues in decision-making about nuclear power generation. Final Version: 15 March 2002. Prepared for Afrosearch by the Unit for Environmental Ethics‚ University of Stellenbosch. This Report consists of 98 pages in total‚ including
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