Intro.  We chose nuclear power because it is a type of power that we don’t need certain weather.  We also chose nuclear power because it doesn’t release harmful gases into the air.  There is waste but we know how to make nuclear power without creating nuclear waste its just not finished yet.

How nuclear power works.  A nuclear power plant is basically a steam power plant that is fueled by a radioactive element, like uranium or plutonium. The energy that is made when you split the atoms is used to heat water that turns to steam; then the steam travels up a pipe to turn turbines and when the turbines turn it creates electricity. Some nuclear power is generated using Uranium, which is a metal mined in various parts of the world. Explanation

Dangers.  Many people are not careful enough so things like this happen and this is why people are scared.  Past meltdowns, Power nuclear rector deaths, mishaps, safety procedure breaches, venting of radioactive gasses, dumping of radioactive water. The danger of terrorism.

Dangers cont.  Though I think people should not say that nuclear power is the bad thing, it is the people that are doing the bad things and making nuclear dangerous.

Cost.  The cost to make a nuclear power plant can go from one billion to five billion dollars, power plants are solid reinforced concrete; some of the walls in power plants can be two or three meters thick.  For people buying power off of the power plants it can be quiet cheap because the fuel is plentiful.

Cost cont.  The cost of power from a nuclear plant is 8.4 U.S cents per Kw-h which is around 11.5 New Zealand cents.

Nuclear power plant.  Around the world we have small villages that we could use a small nuclear reactor from a submarine to power them. This would also be possible in New Zealand because a nuclear submarine reactor would not cost a major amount of money.

New Zealand & Nuclear.  Some people don’t realize we already have some forms of nuclear radiation in New Zealand. Hospitals use a atom of some kind that releases small amounts of radiation that they use to kill cancer.  We need to open our minds to the idea of letting nuclear power into New Zealand.

 Many people have commented that bringing nuclear to NZ could start a nuclear war. I don’t think so. The rest of the world has nuclear, they could bomb us using nuclear power if they wanted, it wouldn’t matter if we had nuclear power or not; though if we did they might think twice about bombing us.

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