The United States would need 1,000 new nuclear power plants to completely replace fossil fuels.
What questions would you need answered in order to evaluate the expansion of nuclear power?
What questions would you need answered in order to evaluate the expansion of nuclear power?
- How do nuclear reactors work?
- What are the advantages of using nuclear energy to generate electricity?
- What happens to nuclear waste?
- What are the dangers of radioactivity/using nuclear power?
- Have there ever been problems with nuclear reactors?
Assignment 52 - Thinking About Nuclear Power
Answer one of the following two questions.
1. Knowing what you now know, do you approve of the Indian Point nuclear power plant operating within 50 miles of New York City? Support your answer.
2. Should the United States increase or decrease the number of nuclear power plants? Support your answer.
Answer the following question.
3. How sustainable is using nuclear energy to generate (as we currently know it)?
Some useful resources
Our Textbook - check Chapter 18
Nuclear Energy - EPA.gov
How Nuclear Power Works
Animations of Nuclear Reactors at Work
10 Pros and Cons of Nuclear Power
Fukuskima Nuclear Reactor Problem Explained (CNN)
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