Nuclear Power

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Nuclear Power and Waste Disposal
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Nuclear Powers Global Reach

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Nuclear Powers Global Impact of electricity
from nuclear

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• ANWR Background
• ANWR set aside in 1960
• 20 million acres in NE Alaska(same size as
  South Carolina)
• 1968 oil discovery at Prudhoe
• 1971 ANSCA law settles Native land claims /
  provides a of oil
• Natives swing in favor of drilling

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Iowas one nuclear plantnear Cedar Rapids
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• Increasing Nuclear Power
• as part of U.S. energy mix
• Pros and Cons

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ADVANTAGES
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DISADVANTAGES
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NUCLEAR WASTE disposal a long road to Yucca
Mountai
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NUCLEAR WASTE disposal a long road to Yucca
Mountain
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NUCLEAR WASTE disposal a long road to Yucca
Mountain
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• NUCLEAR WASTE disposal
• a long road to Yucca Mountain
• an underground tunnels connected by rail
  (robotic) shafts

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Yucca Mountain
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• NUCLEAR WASTE disposal
• a long road to Yucca Mountain
• Lawsuits delayed the site adoption
• Clinton vetoed a bipartisan bill in 2000
• Energy Secretary recommended approval again in
  2002 this time the House passed it (306-117) and
  the Senate (60-39) Bush signs.

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• NUCLEAR WASTE disposal
• at Yucca Mountain
• PROS
• DOE reports say its safe only 7 in. of rain
  per year. Computer modeling to simulate
• Even if a leak, report says only those within 12
  miles of the mountain would be affected
• It is the most suitable and remote site in US!

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• NUCLEAR WASTE disposal
• at Yucca Mountain
• CONS
• the main problem is transportation of waste (50k
  truckloads waste by interstate highway)
• natural risk (low) leeching into aquifer
• security risk transport sites secured to
  prevent proliferation of nuclear material!

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THOUGHTS or QUESTIONS?