Electrical Energy Production

Electrical Energy ProductionElectrical Energy Production

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Total US Energy Consumption Total US Energy Consumption (1998)(1998)

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World Oil Consumption: 1950 and World Oil Consumption: 1950 and 1996 1996

World Oil Consumption in 2001: 76.2 MBPD World Oil Consumption in 2001: 76.2 MBPD (a 24% increase in the 5-year period since 1996)(a 24% increase in the 5-year period since 1996)

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The Golden Triangle and US Military The Golden Triangle and US Military Bases in the Persian GulfBases in the Persian Gulf

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Cheney Energy Task Force Map of Iraqi OilfieldsCheney Energy Task Force Map of Iraqi Oilfields

Obtained by JudicialWatch through theFreedom of InformationAct

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Cheney Energy Task Force List of Foreign Cheney Energy Task Force List of Foreign Suitors for Iraqi Oilfield ContractsSuitors for Iraqi Oilfield Contracts

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Existing and Potential Oil and Gas Export Routes Existing and Potential Oil and Gas Export Routes from the Caspian Basinfrom the Caspian Basin

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Solar Power:Solar Power:Solar Two in the Mojave DesertSolar Two in the Mojave Desert

Peak Output: 10 megawattsPeak Output: 10 megawatts

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Solar Electric Generating System in Kramer Junction, Solar Electric Generating System in Kramer Junction, CACA

Ave. daily output:Ave. daily output:

100 MW 100 MW electricityelectricity

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Wind PowerWind PowerNine Canyon Wind Project, Kennewick, Nine Canyon Wind Project, Kennewick,

WAWA

Phase II ExpansionPhase II ExpansionCompleted 12/29/03Completed 12/29/03

Peak Output: 63.7 MWPeak Output: 63.7 MW

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Geothermal EnergyGeothermal Energy

HydrothermalHydrothermal Hot Dry Rock Hot Dry RockFigure 12

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Grand Coulee DamGrand Coulee Dam

Peak Output:Peak Output:6,500 MW6,500 MW

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Fish Hatcheries in the Columbia BasinFish Hatcheries in the Columbia Basin

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Life Expectancy, Literacy Rate, and GDP per CapitaLife Expectancy, Literacy Rate, and GDP per CapitaCompared with Annual per Capita Electricity UseCompared with Annual per Capita Electricity Use

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Columbia Generating Station Columbia Generating Station Hanford Site, Kennewich, WAHanford Site, Kennewich, WA

Output:Output:1,150 MW1,150 MW

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From Bernard L. Cohen, The Nuclear Energy Option (1990)

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The Linear (No-Threshold) HypothesisThe Linear (No-Threshold) Hypothesis

100 % lethality

600 REM400 REM

50 %

0.5 REM

0.0625 %lethality

6,250 deaths from cancer in 10 million people exposed to 0.5 REM of radiation6,250 deaths from cancer in 10 million people exposed to 0.5 REM of radiation

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The Linear (No-Threshold) Hypothesis-2The Linear (No-Threshold) Hypothesis-2

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Radiation Doses (in millirem):Radiation Doses (in millirem):Naturally Occurring and Naturally Occurring and

Statutory Limit for Nuclear Power Statutory Limit for Nuclear Power PlantsPlants

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Sources of Day-to-Day Radiation ExposureSources of Day-to-Day Radiation Exposure

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B

From Mark M. Hart, “Disabling the terror of radiological dispersal,” Nuclear News July 2003

First standard (1930s-1950s)36 rem/year

Current OccupationalMPD: 5 rem/year

Second standard15 rem/year

Background Radiation and EPA and NRC RegulationsBackground Radiation and EPA and NRC Regulations

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Death Rate of People in Nagasaki: Death Rate of People in Nagasaki: Atom Bomb Survivors Compared with Those Not Atom Bomb Survivors Compared with Those Not

Exposed to RadiationExposed to Radiation

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30-Year Cancer Mortality in People Exposed to 30-Year Cancer Mortality in People Exposed to Radiation from a Thermonuclear Explosion in the Radiation from a Thermonuclear Explosion in the

Former Soviet UnionFormer Soviet Union

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Prevention of Cancer Prevention of Cancer by Low Dose Radiationby Low Dose Radiation

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Chernobyl--1986Chernobyl--1986

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Three Mile IslandThree Mile Island

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Uranium and Fossil Fuel Resources Uranium and Fossil Fuel Resources in the United Statesin the United States

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Nuclear Fusion Power PlantNuclear Fusion Power Plant

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Thermal Conversion Thermal Conversion ProcessProcess

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