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Pros and Cons of Nuclear Power

Pros and Cons of Nuclear Power. By: Stephen Wilber. Cons Pros. Meltdowns Loss in coolant causes fuel rods to overheat and would melt its way to the ground. Little pollution Coal lets more radiation into the air than the nuclear power plants

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Pros and Cons of Nuclear Power

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  1. Pros and Cons of Nuclear Power By: Stephen Wilber

  2. Cons Pros • Meltdowns • Loss in coolant causes fuel rods to overheat and would melt its way to the ground • Little pollution • Coal lets more radiation into the air than the nuclear power plants • It causes so much more pollution than the nuclear plants

  3. Cons Pros • Radiation • You need 200 rems of radiation to cause radiation sickness • Radiation from the power plants causes 2/10 of the radiation • You get about 200 millirems from everyday life • Reliability • They only need little fuel to power them

  4. Cons • Waste Disposal • The disposal of uranium is still radioactive for thousands of years after use. • There have been nuclear sites that have been constructed • In months they are filled with the nuclear waste • They can only use a limited amount every year so it doesn’t overflow. • The transportation of the waste is very risky • Unknown variables may affect the containment vessels • The risks could be very deadly

  5. Safety Cons Pros • You can die from the reactor core. • There are sensors on the dome of the reactor cores so it detects a leak in the dome. • There are barriers that protect from the intense heat

  6. Bibliography http://www.earthmagazine.org/mediafiles/i/2009/2/6/314 http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2009/10_nukes/nukes_01.jpg http://www.animatedsoftware.com/hotwords/nuclear_reactor/vessel.gif http://blog.cleveland.com/business/2007/12/BoilingWater%20reactor.gif http://www.outreach.psu.edu/programs/nuclear-waste/img/Disposal--CrossSection.jpg

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