The Case for Nuclear Power

I encourage the youtube community to leave comments and/or video responses. This video was made to create an intellectual debate on the concept of nuclear power in America. I hope that I can sell the idea of nuclear power for the United States of America.

*NOTE: Spam and nonsense comments will be deleted!

Category:

Education

Tags:

• nuclear
• energy
• pollution
• renewable
• fuel
• electricity
• power
• electric

[alternativisrelativ]

That is very cool. Do you have any comments on radioactive material transport? (especially from the mine before enrichment) Here in oz it is a debate that restarts anually.

[heavym3tal]

@alternativisrelativ not really because I do not know all of the logistics of transporting radioactive materials. Where I am living in South-East Idaho (USA), I sometimes see tractor trailers hauling large ceramic containers marked radioactive material along the interstate highway. I do know that all radioactive material is carefully and very strictly monitored by the Nuclear Regulatory Comission and sometimes department of defense.

[alternativisrelativ]

Kudos for putting yourself out there. You can put waste (in a hole) in the desert but you can't install solar panels there? Not good to contradict yourself if you are looking to recruit...

Also, think about mobile phones. battery size reduced because energy density improved AND power consumption dropped...

100 years before the waste is safe? Could you elaborate?

[heavym3tal]

@alternativisrelativ in regards to nuclear waste, the amount (mass) of waste can be reduced and the half life of the waste can be reduced through the use of fast neutron reactors, waste irradiation (transmutation), and fuel reprocessing. If waste is irradiated the isotopes with half-lives of 100,000 years are changed to harmless nonradioactive elements.

[keokukia9800]

Excellent ideas. I work for a utility that has a nuke rated at 1,190 MW (Ameren) located in Callaway count in Missouri. We've had no events since coming online in 1984 and the company is looking at constructing a 1,600 MW nuke beginning in the 2018-2020 time frame. Check out the plant on Wikipedia. (Callaway Nuclear) I think we do have to look at nuclear for the future. I work at a hydro plant in the company.

[kaizerzydeco]

Of course what to do with all the electricity produced? The big thing in the future is weaning North Americans (Canadians too) off their addiction to the private hydrocarbon-fuelled motor cars. This will only happen when there is no oil left, so we had better start getting ready. Electric trains, trams and trolleybuses will have to replace nearly all petrol/diesel vehicles and those left will have to use electricity for propulsion. All could be powered by nuclear generation.

[Endolaylith]

yep, you cant beat nuclear power. If we get rid of coal fire planets there will be less cancer. all that nasty carcinogenic coal pollution will end the modern cancer rate rise.

[RenegadeShepard]

Interesting topic.

5/5.

Also thanks for pointing out what went wrong at Chernobyl. I never knew the entire story on how it went wrong.

[AngelaAbroadInOz]

thanks for the info, im doing a paper on energy policy, this helped alot!