Weighing the scale

PROS

• -Produce no soot and greenhouse gases(Clean atmosphere, cause no global warming) in power generation
• -Reduce Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere
• -Provide much more energy than fossil fuels.
• - low operating cost
• - Large power generating capacity
• -Little fuel needed ; long-term usage- less vulnerable to shortages of fuels
• - Safest methods of producing energy
• -Low fuel cost

From: CLIMATE CHAOS(book)
Cindy L. Parker, MD,MPH, and Steven M.Shapiro PhD

Nuclear Energy(pg 144,145)

Cons

• Building the nuclear plant requires massive amount of cement and other construction materials

• The production and transportation of materials to the plant site release large amounts of carbon

• Nuclear power requires high-grade uranium

• Estimated to be enough for 60 to 70 years at current rates of generation.

• Once high-grades uranium are gone, we need to use low-grades uranium which need more energy, that will produce carbon emissions

• When the nuclear plant reaches end of life, it must be carefully dismantled (the process release carbon again)

• Adding up all the amount carbon released, it will equal back to same amount as wind-produced energy and that’s only if the high-grade uranium is available

• If high-grade uranium is gone, carbon released will equal back to carbon released by the natural gas-fired power plants

• Nuclear power plants require more water than coal-fired power plants( Water used for cooling, warm water won’t do the job)

• It’ll be a problem if the world becomes a drought-stricken,warmer world

• Solar & wind-generated electricity only require minuscule amount of water

• Nuclear energy creates radioactive waste that will remain deadly for eons which must be transported to a repository

• Nuclear power plant is likely to be targeted by terrorists

• Authorities would have to worry about the materials found in nuclear power plants as people can create weapons for mass destruction