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CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE GEOSCIENCES Nuclear Energy: A Necessary ‘Evil’ for Human Advancement? Drew Mirante – Bryn Mawr College.

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1 CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE GEOSCIENCES Nuclear Energy: A Necessary ‘Evil’ for Human Advancement? Drew Mirante – Bryn Mawr College

2 CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE GEOSCIENCES "Fat Man" Mushroom Cloud Over Nagasaki http://www.childrenofthemanhattanproject.org/COLLECTION S/CG-JPAP/Pages/CGP-JPAP-034.htm Is this the image that comes to one’s mind when considering nuclear energy?

3 CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE GEOSCIENCES Or this? Exterior of the Chernobyl power plant after the 26 April, 1986 explosion.

4 CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE GEOSCIENCES Or this? Low-level waste disposal at Hanford, Washington

5 CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE GEOSCIENCES Why not this? Image from Int’l Dark-sky Alliance

6 CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE GEOSCIENCES What causes this reaction? The U.S. as the only nation to use atomic weapons against mankind? –The subsequent Cold War with the USSR? ‘Ephemeral’ Nature of Nuclear Processes? Environmental Issues? – Potentially Severe Accidents – Disposal/Storage/Transport of waste material

7 CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE GEOSCIENCES Given the instability in the world’s petroleum producing regions, is it of national interest to develop alternative energy sources? –Begs the question, why not other renewable energy sources? Power Plants release no Greenhouse Gasses What of Emerging Industrialized Nations?

8 CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE GEOSCIENCES CO 2 Emissions by Power Sector – 2025 Million Metric tons Sources: EIA, Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the United States 2003, DOE/EIA-0573(2003) Coal - 2677 Natural Gas - 507 Other - 22 Oil - 109

9 CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE GEOSCIENCES North American Energy Consumption, 2025 Quadrillion BTU Coal (33.2) 20% Oil (65.2) 40% Natural Gas (39.6) 24% Nuclear Electric (9.9) 6% Other (14.1) 9% Sources: EIA, Annual Energy Outlook 2005, DOE/EIA-0383(2005)

10 CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE GEOSCIENCES Asian Emerging Economies Energy Consumption - 2025 Nuclear Electric (6.5) 3% Coal (89.6) 44% Other (11.6) 6% Oil (69.6) 35% Natural Gas (4.4) 11%

11 CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE GEOSCIENCES 136 Reactors – 31 Shutdown, Decommissioned, Suspended, or Cancelled

12 CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE GEOSCIENCES Return to Summary of Brown Bag Discussion

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