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The Problem of Nuclear Power |
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There was an unforgettable incident at March 2011, which is the 8.9 magnitude of earthquake in Fukushima, Japan, which led to environmental catastrophe of Japan?s nuclear power plant meltdown. The disaster of Fukushima nuclear facilities brought about awareness and safety concerns about nuclear energy all over the world. However, nuclear power is still depended on in the US to produce power for consumers that require more and more power every year. In fact, United States is the largest producer of nuclear power in the world, possessing 104 reactors all over its territory. The current President Barack Obama is a proponent of nuclear power since it decrease US?s dependence on foreign oil, creates jobs, and helps to meet the ever growing electricity demands of citizens. As a matter of fact, there are already plans to construct more nuclear power plants by 2020. However, American citizens are worried that a disaster, such as Fukushima, can happen here in US. Historically, US have experienced many severe earthquakes for example the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco measured around scale of 8 on the Richter scale. Of course compared to Japan, there is significantly lower possibility of earthquakes but there remains the possibility of a major earthquake that could damage nuclear power facilities. And when that earthquake really happens, can the nuclear power plants of US prevent the release of radioactive material into the environment? There are many groups in the United States that believe that nuclear power permits should not be issued until the safety issues of nuclear safety in the event of natural disasters is resolved. Unfortunately, with the growing demand for electricity it is economically unfeasible to shut down or prevent the construction of new nuclear power plants. On one had nuclear energy provides a reliable source of electricity, however, the issues of radioactive waste management, storage, and safety is a growing concern for citizens. In order to both guarantee the safety and meet the energy demands of its citizens the United States needs to invest in new technologies such as alternative energy sources and improve the energy infrastructure of the country. First, and foremost the government needs to continue to encourage growth in clean renewable energy sources. Although, there has been some missteps with some government backed ventures such as Solyndra the government needs to invest in such companies to ensure America?s energy future. Second, there are many alternative energy projects, however, their locations are often hundreds if not thousands of miles away from major cities. In order to make these energy sources usable the energy infrastructure needs to connect these new energy sources to the people who will use the energy. |
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Guru, I can't believe that you are achieving so many things like this!
I am really looking forward to see your bright future. :-)
Posted 09-01-2013 09:45
I sent my papers about bio mass in two international conferences and it was published by them in their magazin e. More over I got best paper presentation in both the conferences. Apart from age limit they selected my paper for the nedd of it in the present situation in our coun try. That is power deficiency
Posted 07-01-2013 15:19
Energy saving is nothing but energy prodeuced I think. We must save energy. Then we must use our garbage for energy production. Bio mass is 4 in one process. We can get fuel, energy, mannure, electricity etc from bio mass. At present i am doing an awareness speech about Bio mass in our cou try. Moreover due to bio mass production the organic waste is to be used in a useful manner.
Posted 07-01-2013 15:11
For Alternative energy sources like Biomass energy,wind, solar,geothermal, hydro installation the investment is very high. For 1kW solar energy costing Rs. 25 /- where as Thermal energy Rs. 8/-in India .
Posted 06-01-2013 12:04
I wanted to give my suggestion to you guys so I wrote the next article about alterantive energy use~
Posted 05-01-2013 21:04
I agree with Eco Generation that we have make it a habit hard to change -to save energy
Posted 05-01-2013 15:48
Another question that comes to my mind is that is the amount of money that will be lost if we prevent the contruction of nuclear plants in areas prone to natural disaster larger than the amount that would be lost if a calamity does unfortunately occur?
Posted 05-01-2013 07:21
Nuclear power is truly a debatable issue, but I think the focus should firstly be to move from non-renewablr to renewable sources & we should simultaneously reduce the amount of energy we use.
Posted 05-01-2013 07:19
Thanks for sharing this article!
Posted 04-01-2013 16:47
Saving energy...friendly energy
Posted 04-01-2013 14:58
Saving energy
Posted 04-01-2013 13:01
Saving energy
Posted 04-01-2013 13:00
renewable energy....
Posted 04-01-2013 12:44
renewable energy....
Posted 04-01-2013 12:43
Good to high light of such problem. But till India Govt. is spending money for NP.
Posted 04-01-2013 12:23
Alternative energy sources like Biomass energy,wind, solar,geothermal, hydro need to be tapped.
Posted 04-01-2013 10:59
Well balanced article, Jimin. We have long way to go for the alternative energy. Anyway, at least, saving energy can help us to consider renewable energy earlier. How you think, guys?
Posted 04-01-2013 09:56
true , but what can we do?
Posted 04-01-2013 03:06
This is true,
But what shall we do?
Posted 04-01-2013 01:51
A topic needs much of a discussion...economics play a vital part here...
Posted 04-01-2013 01:37