Nuclear Energy vs Green Energy
By: Hunter DeVoy & Lars Larsen
What is Nuclear Energy?
Pros to Nuclear Energy
noun
energy released by reactions within atomic nuclei, as in nuclear fission or fusion.
Pros to Renewable Energy
The fuel that nuclear reactors use to produce nuclear fission is pellets of the element uranium.
- Plants can be made in almost any environment.
- Low operation cost
- Provides a constant source of energy
- 20% of America's energy since 1990
- Not a single nuclear meltdown or disaster has been caused by system failure
- No green house gasses
- $$$$$$$$$
- Healthier, no emmisions
- No harm towards global warming
- Job Openings
- Renewable, duh...
Cons to Green Energy
- Weather Dependent
- Production and development of System Costs
- Placement of system
- Unable to produce in large quatnities
Renewable Energy
noun
energy from a source that is not depleted when used, such as wind or solar power.
Cons to Nuclear Energy
Conclusion
- The meltdown of a 500-megawatt reactor located 30 miles from a city would cause the immediate death of an estimated 45,000 people, injure roughly another 70,000, and cause $17 billion in property.
- Radioactive waste
- Weapon threat
- Finite