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Blackmage Intragalactic Acquisitions Agent Mew

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Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:40 pm Post subject: Nuclear Power |
I'm writing an argumentative research paper for my English 191 class and it's on why we need to switch to nuclear power. So who all agrees and why? If you don't agree why?
I'll post my paper when I'm done writing it in the showcase forum. |
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Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:41 pm Post subject: |
Agreed. France gots themselves like 72 plants..I say we catch up. |
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Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 11:10 am Post subject: |
Without a credible alternative that produces less pollution and waste than nuclear power, go for it, definitely. Build the plants with the idea that at some point, someone's going to develop a better power scheme.
In terms of bang for buck, nuke power is pretty impressive. |
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Blackmage Intragalactic Acquisitions Agent Mew

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Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 11:42 am Post subject: |
The only power cheaper than nuclear is hydro. Nuclear is around 2.16kWh and Hydro is around 1.60 or so per kWh.
Fuel wastes created by nuclear reactors are around 3 cubic meters for a larger reactor (those that produce well over 1 gigawatt) and less for those that are smaller.
ITER or Internation Thermonuclear (fusion) Experimental Reactor is supposed to go online in 2016 and make 500mW for at least 400 seconds and lead the way for its predecessor the DEMO. DEMO is excepted to maintain a constant 2gW power output.
For reference the largest single reactor in the world is in France and outputs 1,455mW. The entire power output of the states of Vermont and Rhode Island is slightly under 1,650mW. Also Mitsubishi have plans to build 2 1.7gW reactors in Texas for Texas Utilities assuming the project gets approved by the NRC. |
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Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:13 pm Post subject: |
I say yes. From what I've heard and read, nuclear power is a lot safer than people seem to believe. As long as responsibility is taken for proper disposal of waste, I think we should start making the switch. We're getting nowhere fast with our curent energy production. |
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Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:26 pm Post subject: |
I say no simply to the fact of the waste. We barely take care of our garbage waste in a heathful and safe manner. Nuclear waste is even more toxic and can do huge harm if not disposed of properly. It would seem like too much of a threat to our health and well being to think about nuclear power. Wind, solar, hydroelectric, et cetera are far more safe. |
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Blackmage Intragalactic Acquisitions Agent Mew

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Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:54 pm Post subject: |
Akuko wrote: | I say no simply to the fact of the waste. We barely take care of our garbage waste in a heathful and safe manner. Nuclear waste is even more toxic and can do huge harm if not disposed of properly. It would seem like too much of a threat to our health and well being to think about nuclear power. Wind, solar, hydroelectric, et cetera are far more safe. |
So you'd rather we fill out atmosphere with CO2 and other harmful gases? We rarely have storage accidents with high level waste compared to the accidents caused by oil and other fossil fuel based leaks and contamination.
The Yucca Mountain project will hold well over 10,000 years of nuclear waste as soon as it gets the go ahead for construction. It's build date was pushed because because the supreme court felt that 10,000 years worth of storage was too short and they wanted well more than 10,000 years.
Renewable resources are a great source of energy but they can't meet our demand for power. And with most forms of renewable power the power generation is not constant like the power draw is. Other "constant" forms of renewable energy such as bio fuels and geothermal just do not have the thermal output to even touch the needs of large scale cities. |
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Kudasai Hiroki Have you seen my mind? I seem to have lost it.

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Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:54 pm Post subject: |
Much of the nuclear waste these days can be processed and disposed of as opposed to years ago when they would just bury the stuff or dump it in the ocean. That and it's a hell of a lot cleaner to produce than oil and coal. I do think that more wind power generators could be used in the mid-west though. There are a ton of those things over here and a sizable chunk of Germany's power is produced by wind. |
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Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 1:08 pm Post subject: |
I think alot of people are still scared of anything Nuclear after the events of the Cold War and also Chernobyl, but what happened at the latter (as the Cold War was just a load of willy waving really...), was the extreme of what could happen, especially if the plants aren't taken proper care of, the chances of that happening again are probably very slim, especially with the enhancements of monitoring technology amongst other things.
With everything else running out, or costing far too much to import, it seems to make sense that nuclear energy is the way forward for those area's of the world that can't produce enough power from Hydro farms, afterall, not everywhere can build something as large as the Hoover Dam. |
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Blackmage Intragalactic Acquisitions Agent Mew

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Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 1:31 pm Post subject: |
In the US we have the NRC which does regular tests on equipment and staff at nuclear power plants here in the US. I'm sure you guys have something like that in England. And from everything I've read the chances of having another meltdown that did as much damage as Chernobyl are 1 in a million odds because of safety measures taken by the IAEA in all countries around the world that use nuclear energy. In the US we have a requirement for multiple redundant safety systems on our reactors.
Hydropower would be even better if making dams did not cause such an environmental change. It has been proven on the west coast of the US that salmon populations have dwindled severely due to damming of rivers for hydropower even with have multiple fish ladders at each damn. |
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