An Argumentative Essay “Use of Nuclear Energy: Safe or Not?” 23 Aug Most countries today are becoming more and more dependent on nuclear power as a source of energy because of its high energy output and the availability of uranium used for fuelling nuclear reactors that generate power to provide electricity in households. Although using nuclear power as a source of energy has benefits like this‚ the danger posed by using nuclear power is very eminent. This was demonstrated in the recent Fukushima
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On 11 March 2011‚ disaster struck Fukushima‚ Japan when an immense tsunami hit and caused massive equipment failure to the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant‚ which led to vast radioactive leaks and consequences. The Fukushima disaster is one of the worst nuclear disasters to ever take place‚ comparable to Chernobyl. Some energy specialists believe that the detriments of nuclear energy far outweigh the benefits due to the consequences it has caused in history and what it will cause in the future because
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throughout Japan and the Pacific has made it a major problem. Over 9 million cubic meters of nuclear waste are scattered over at least 113‚000 locations across Fukushima and Japan. This nuclear and radioactive waste water goes as far as 240 km down from Fukushima in some parts of Tokyo. Drinking radioactive water can cause nausea‚ dizziness‚ central nervous system damage‚ and internal bleeding; which can all lead to death. (8) Also this nuclear waste was released into the ocean around Japan. This
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and it’s just the best for the environment‚ why do we have to bury the waste in the middle of nowhere in special super safe containers. Another problem‚ where would we even put these special containers so they don’t harm anything? The problem of radioactive waste is still an unsolved one. The waste from nuclear energy is extremely dangerous and it has to be carefully looked after for several thousand years (10’000 years according to United States Environmental Protection Agency standards). It has
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Zaim Afiq Zaki Morad Public Utilities 325 – Prof. Rodney Stevenson Public Utility Paper Nuclear Power plant as a new alternative source of energy in Malaysia The first time the world was exposed the enormous potential power of nuclear was when the United States of America dropped two atomic bombs into Japan which effectively ended World War 2. Almost every country stood by and watched as the bombs made by the simple process of fission of two atomic particles produced enough power to destroy
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Koodankulam nuclear plant in the southern Tamil Nadu state‚ blocked highways and staging hunger strikes‚ preventing further construction work‚ and demanding its closure as they fear of the disasters like the Environmental impact of nuclear power‚ Radioactive waste‚ nuclear accident similar to the radiation leak in March at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear disaster. Koodankulam is question; the question which doesn’t have an answer question is what is important energy or life of people who are staying there
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As a result of the current global warming issues and the ever growing scarcity of our current energy resources we may be forced to resort to nuclear energy. The Department of Energy has already given its support to energy companies who have decided to construct nuclear power plants. It appears that nuclear power is the right course to take‚ but before this decision is finalised it is important to weigh the multiple advantages and disadvantages of nuclear power. There are many pros and cons‚ but they
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Article Critique Costanza‚ Robert‚ et al. “A True Cost Accounting Approach to Nuclear.” Triple Pundit: People‚ Planet‚ Profit. 5 Apr 2011. 6 Aug 2011. In his article‚ “A True Cost Accounting Approach to Nuclear‚” Robert Costanza first presents the example of hidden clean up costs of the nuclear disaster in the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in Japan. The cost of which are paid in large part by the national government and taxpayers rather than the industry. Costanza explains
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Business‚ Government & Indian Society KUDANKULAM NUCLEAR POWER PLANT Team: TYPHOONZ – Group 6 Akash Solomon Akhil Vijayakumaran Nair Binu E Pradeep Joel Abraham Jyotsna Joseph Ritty Kuriakose Kudankulam So Far: Inter-Governmental Agreement on the project was signed on November 1998 by then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev‚ for the construction of two reactors Project remained in limbo for a decade due to the political and economic upheaval in Russia
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Some people claim that the advantages of nuclear power overbalance drawbacks. They believe that nuclear weapons provide peace all over the world. And I totally disagree with their statements. First of all‚ people should remember that nuclear power is one of the most dangerous sources of energy. Even one little mistake could lead to unbelievable disaster‚ which could bring a lot of damage to the present and future generations. Good examples here are the Chernobyl catastrophe and more recent Fukushima’s
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