{"id":353,"date":"2010-01-09T12:23:51","date_gmt":"2010-01-09T19:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eukota.com\/?p=353"},"modified":"2010-01-09T12:23:51","modified_gmt":"2010-01-09T19:23:51","slug":"more-nuclear-fission-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eukota.com\/index.php\/2010\/01\/09\/more-nuclear-fission-links\/","title":{"rendered":"More Nuclear Fission Links"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have continued to debate with proponents of using Nuclear Fission power plants to meet increasing energy demands. I stumbled upon this website and found their FOR and AGAINST argument lists to sum it up pretty nicely &#8212;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.willyoujoinus.com\/discussion\/topics\/?d=23&amp;gclid=CMvrmuGAmJ8CFRAeDQod7mI1NQ\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.willyoujoinus.com\/discussion\/topics\/?d=23&amp;gclid=CMvrmuGAmJ8CFRAeDQod7mI1NQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s their list followed by the question they pose. I would add to the critics list that while nuclear power reduces the world&#8217;s dependence on oil and natural gas, it simply replaces that with a dependence on the various hard-to-find fuels for nuclear power which are also finite. Renewable energy harnessing is the only way that will work as long as the sun exists. Why wait? We&#8217;re simply prolonging the inevitable which is running out of fuel for our quick and dirty solutions.<\/p>\n<h4>Supporters of nuclear power cite the benefits:<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"topicDetailsUl\">\n<li>Zero greenhouse gas emissions during generation<\/li>\n<li>Nuclear power reduces the world&#8217;s dependence on oil (though less than 10% of global electricity generation uses oil as its fuel base)<sup><a href=\"#footnote3\">3<\/a><\/sup>, as well as natural gas<\/li>\n<li>Air quality improvements, as nuclear plants do not emit many of the pollutants that fossil fuel based plants emit<\/li>\n<li>The relatively low cost of nuclear fuel and operations<\/li>\n<li>The safety record of nuclear operations: over the last decade, experience with nuclear power plants prove they can be operated safely and reliably<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Critics of nuclear power often cite the risks:<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"topicDetailsUl\">\n<li>Accidents such as Chernobyl are so dangerous to people, communities and natural resources that even one major incident is unacceptable<\/li>\n<li>Nuclear waste remains deadly for tens of thousands of years, and a proper long-term solution to its management has not yet been developed<\/li>\n<li>Nuclear plants pose an attractive target to terrorists, and even nuclear waste could be used against populations in the wrong hands<\/li>\n<li>The proliferation risks associated with civil nuclear programs are unacceptably high and could present a grave national security threat<\/li>\n<li>The economics of new nuclear generation are uncertain (primarily due to the very high &#8211; and often underestimated &#8211; cost of construction and operating liability which is uninsurable by private means), most often requiring government support to make new plants financially viable<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So do the benefits outweigh the risks? Can the risks be sufficiently managed? And how do we balance local issues with the global concerns over energy security?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have continued to debate with proponents of using Nuclear Fission power plants to meet increasing energy demands. I stumbled upon this website and found their FOR and AGAINST argument lists to sum it up pretty nicely &#8212;\u00a0http:\/\/www.willyoujoinus.com\/discussion\/topics\/?d=23&amp;gclid=CMvrmuGAmJ8CFRAeDQod7mI1NQ Here&#8217;s their list followed by the question&nbsp;<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eukota.com\/index.php\/2010\/01\/09\/more-nuclear-fission-links\/\">&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eukota.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eukota.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eukota.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eukota.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eukota.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eukota.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":354,"href":"https:\/\/www.eukota.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353\/revisions\/354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eukota.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eukota.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eukota.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}