Advantages
- Low Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Can countries live fully off green power?
What is Nuclear power?
What is Green Power?
- “Every 40 minutes, enough solar energy reaches the Earth’s surface to power the entire planet for a year.”- Dr. David MacKay
- It is possible to live off green power
- Australia have lots of wind and heat
Should Australia build Nuclear Stations?
- Generated from natural resources
- Sunlight
- Tides
- Rain
- Geothermal heat
- Generated by a nuclear reactor
- Electricity is produced by boiling water into steam
- 31% of the worlds Uranium deposits
- Has no nuclear facilities
FUTURE
Does green power help our environment?
What countries rely on nuclear energy?
Different types of Green Power?
- Green power helps our environment by using resources that don’t harm the earth but are also extremely unlikely to run out, e.g.:
- 31 countries that operate a nuclear power plants
- U.S = 100
- FRANCE = 58
- JAPAN = 48
- Countries under construction:
- CHINA
- RUSSIA
- INDIA
- SOUTH KOREA
GREEN POWER
NUCLEAR POWER
IS NUCLEAR POWER A RELIABLE ENERGY SOURCE?
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Is Nuclear Power Sustainable?
Will this be a reliable source for us in the future?
How can we work towards a more efficient and sustainable way of life?
Why are some countries opposed?
- Green energy is a reliable source
- Does not use non-renewable sources
- Uses natural sources ( wind, light )
- Sustainable- Not being harmful to the environment
- Nuclear power is considered 'Sustainable'
- 'Not everything renewable is sustainable, and in turn not everything which is sustainable is necessarily renewable.
- Reduce your carbon footprint by:
- BY ENEGY EFFICIENT APPLIANCES
- TURN LIGHTS OFF MORE OFTEN
Countries opposed to nuclear station:
- AUSTRALIA
- DENMARK
- NEW ZEALAND
- ITALY
- IRELAND
Concerns:
- Global Warming
- Radioactivity
- Uranium mining is extremely dangerous
- Expensive
- Chernobyl
- Other ways to produce electricity that are safer
How can Green Power help reduce the effects of global warming?
Effects
Nuclear Power vs. Green Power
THANK YOU!
By Aysha and Laila