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Go Nuclear Earth is on the verge of a climate catastrophe and the human race will be the ones in danger, not the planet. Going into the issue a problem arises when looking at how we power the Earth. We cannot depend fully on wind and solar power to keep a big city like New York going. The human race will need to start looking into different options to keep their everyday life going. Nuclear Power is one of the options that people can look into and depend on for the impending climate change.

Nuclear technology uses the energy released by splitting the atoms of certain elements. It was first developed in the 1940s, and during the Second World War research initially focused on producing bombs. In the 1950s attention turned to the peaceful use of nuclear fission, controlling it for power generation. It’s not like peaceful nuclear power has never been used before either. Around 11% of the world's electricity is generated by about 450 nuclear power reactors.There are also cities like Italy and Denmark that have at least 10% of their city powered by nuclear power. Around 16 countries depend on nuclear power for at least one-quarter of their electricity. Not to mention their impact on the environment, which helps reduce greenhouse gases. Nuclear power plants actually emit fewer radioactive materials into the environment than a traditional coal-burning plant. The government also saves around $12 billion by using nuclear power plants. It is estimated that nuclear facilities have saved 1.84 million lives since their inception by preventing the release of countless amounts of harmful pollutants/emissions. This transition into nuclear power would help the Earth greatly with reducing harmful gases and by providing an efficient and cheaper way to power the world. (CAB)

Go Nuclear A current world issue on planet Earth is global warming. The societal, environmental, and economic changes of global warming are threatening the planet as we know it, and soon enough it will put millions of organisms, including humans, in danger. Switching the power source used by humans to power the Earth will drastically provide a difference in which we live, and will improve the planets conditions for future generations to come.

To begin, one major factor to global warming and why the planet is suffering is due to greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Going to nuclear power will reduce this risk as nuclear generation do not produce greenhouse gases, so one source could be decreased. Another reason that nuclear energy is the option to go is that it decreases our dependence on fossil fuels. The burning of fossil fuels (oil, gas and coal) emit greenhouse gases, as stated before, but there is also a limited supply and we are quickly using up our reserves. Nuclear fuel is a good alternative since it contains much more energy than a similar mass of hydrocarbons or coal while producing little to no greenhouse gas and little waste. This is a more efficient energy source, for the same volume of fuel produces more energy than carbon-based fuel. Lastly this new technology is now well developed, so it will benefit the planet as much as it can all while being cost effective. (CMP)

Go Nuclear Although energy cannot be created out of nowhere, it can be converted from one method to another, and in this case, it would be nuclear energy. Nuclear energy is derived the the nucleus of an atom, meaning that it can produce a lot of energy if there are a lot of atoms. A common misconception is that nuclear energy is dangerous or can create harmful radiation, but because precautions have developed over time, it has become more unlikely that an occurrence like this would happen. Nuclear energy allows for 10 million times the energy to be produced compared to the more conventional methods and is much more reliable. Operation costs, once the initial expense of building a plant is gone, are generally low. Like fossil fuels, though, nuclear energy is a nonrenewable energy source. Although it has become more unlikely that it will occur, the possibility of emitting radioactive waste is still present. (KAB)

Go Nuclear Through the splitting of uranium atoms, nuclear energy has the potential to provide vast amounts of energy for use by the population. Unlike other sources such as coal or gas, nuclear power plants do not release greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide. It also takes much less uranium to produce the same amount of energy, since so much more energy is stored in the atoms. However, like fossil fuels, nuclear energy is nonrenewable. The raw material used for it is also unstable, so care must be taken in order to transport and use it properly. Since water is used for cooling, this can also be a potential water pollutant. If an accident occurs in the process of producing nuclear energy, it can spread massive amounts of radiation, which could leave a huge area to become hazardous to the health of anything in it for potentially thousands of years. (TAA)

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Nuclear energy has many advantages and disadvantages to the economy, environment, and the future of the planet. The way it works is either uranium-235 or plutonium-239 is used as the source of energy. Since both of those isotopes are unstable, they can be split using nuclear fission, or the splitting of a nucleus of an atom. When the nucleus of the atom is split, energy known as nuclear energy is released.

A golf ball sized quantity of uranium can produce the same amount of energy as one million kg of coal. It costs much much less and lasts much longer before it needs to be replaced which is means it is overall more efficient. An environmental advantage would be that there is much less greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide produced from nuclear energy as opposed to burning fossil fuels. By using nuclear energy, future of the world would start turning away from global warming and pollution, and more towards a clean, healthy atmosphere. (RRL)

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