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Power Plants By: Tessa, Noah, and Robert
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Nuclear Causes They create
Radioactive waste for their energy
They transport radioactive waste which could potentially leak.
Nuclear power plants over heat and can have melt downs.
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Nuclear Consequences Upsets the ecological balance
of the region Radiation can damage
biological cells Therefor initiate cancer
Can cause genetic diseases in progeny
Hiroshima 400 extra cancer deaths
among the 100,000 people in the follow-up group
Accidents Chernobyl
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Nuclear Solutions Just say no!
Greepeace Germany
Better Technology Filters
Air Water Waste
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Thermal Causes They heat up or
cool down body of water.
Water is used as coolant then returned to natural water at a higher temperature.
Also sometimes release freezing cold water to warm bodies of water.
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Thermal Consequences Emissions from industrial stacks
environmental and health problems
deviation in the fair weather atmospheric electric parameters.
Large amount of SO, NO & SPM & RSPM which disperse over 25 Kms
Respiratory and related ailments Blocks photosynthesis process
balance of minerals & micro and major nutrients in the plants soil strata
Structures & buildings get affected due to corrosive reactions.
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Thermal Solutions Alternative Heating
Solar No more Fossil Fuels
Unsustainable Alternative
development
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Hydro Causes Reservoir releases
huge amount of CO2 and Methane from the dams.
Can release more greenhouse gases than fossil fuels power plants.
This doesn’t allow plants to decompose and rot with oxygen.
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Hydro Consequences Flooding The Three Gorges Dam is a
hydroelectric dam that spans the Yangtze River by the town World's largest power station in
terms of installed capacity (22,500 MW)
Flooded archaeological and cultural sites Displaced some 1.3 million
people Significant ecological changes,
including an increased risk of landslides
Damage to animals
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Hydro Solutions Planning
Flooding Animals
Fish ladder
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Disposing Nuclear waste There is no real
way to dispose nuclear waste.
Burying it deep underground where it wont be disturbed for years
Can be stored in steel lined concrete pool for cooling and storing.
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Works Cited "Does Hydro Power Hurt the Environment?" WikiAnswers.
Answers, n.d. Web. 20 Nov. 2012. <http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Does_hydro_power_hurt_the_environment>.
"NEI: Nuclear Energy Institute." Nuclear Energy Institute. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Nov. 2012. <http://www.nei.org/resourcesandstats/documentlibrary/nuclearwastedisposal/factsheet/used-fuel-pools-at-nuclear-power-plants/>.
"How Is Nuclear Waste Disposed? - Answers.Ask.com." How Is Nuclear Waste Disposed? - Answers.Ask.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Nov. 2012. <http://answers.ask.com/Science/Other/how_is_nuclear_waste_disposed>.