Bobbe’ Stark

How it Works  Water is heated by uranium submerged in it, the uranium heats up the water creating steam, The steam spins a turbine. There is a generator at the end that creates a spark that connects to the turbine.

Renewable or Nonrenewable  The source of the power is Uranium.  Uranium is scarce and there is a possibility that in around 30 year it could be almost all gone.  Uranium can also take THOUSANDS of years to no longer be radioactive.  This source is NONRENEWABLE.

Costs  Cost to build: around 3500 per kW  Operating costs: 0.05 cents per kW  Nuclear: 2.19 per kWh  Coal: 3.23 per kWh  Natural gas: 4.51 per kWh  Oil: per kWh

Positives  Technology is already here, it wont have to be made.  One power plant can create large amounts of nuclear energy.  They don’t burn fossil fuels  No air pollution  33% efficient  No need for any type of fuel

Negatives  Radioactive waste  High risk factors: always a chance to fail  HUGE targets for terrorists  Nuclear weapons can be made with the leftover waste  Uranium is the source and it is scarce.

Effect on the Environment  There is high level waste that ids very radioactive and extremely hot  Plutonium and Uranium are left over  It can effect humans through air, water, ground, transportation, agricultural consumption.

Countries Uses  France uses this power source the most  France – 77.7 percent of electricity from nuclear  Belgium – 54.0 percent  Slovakia – 54.0 percent  Ukraine – 47.2 percent  Hungary – 43.2 percent  Slovenia – 41.7 percent  Switzerland – 40.8 percent  Sweden – 39.6 percent  South Korea – 34.6 percent  Armenia – 33.2 percent

Ideal Location  In a rural area: Where nobody lives or where people live far enough away where there would not be a huge impact on anybody if there was and accident.

Minnesota’s Use  Nuclear power is available in Minnesota  There is a power plant in/on Prairie Island.  However, in my opinion Nuclear power should not be in around or near anybody's home. It is to dangerous and radioactive in order for it to be that close to people.

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