Warning

SOME PICTURES AREVERY GRAFFIC

SOME PICTURES ARE VERY GRAFFIC

SOME PICTURES ARE VERY GRAFFIC

Chernobyl

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbcbyUK5rqQ

Chernobyl

Closest City:PrypiatPop 49,400Avg age 26Most are workers at the plantSchools:15 primary5 secondary1 professional

What caused the accident?

• Cold War – Russia’s need for Nuclear Power and materials for missiles

• Shortcuts in construction (materials and design) and operating procedures.

• Untrained supervisors and workers• Communications – night crew did not

know day crew had called off test

What went wrong?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfKm0XXfiis

So how does this affect humans?

So how does this affect animals?

The next one is difficult to look at

How does this affect me?

You are right, this one did not. However, your parents food bill, gas bill and power bills went up on average of $60 dollars a month.But this one did!

fukushima nuclear plant

Hey man, we live in America! That could never happen here!

Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania

Dude, we live in Texas!

Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Glen Rose Texas—61.9 miles from Haltom High

Are you scared yet?

The pros and cons of nuclear energy use:Not unlike those associated with all other energy sources. Every natural resource used to generate electricity requires the expenditure of energy, the consumption of materials and the acceptance of some degree of risk.

The benefits of nuclear energy begin with the unparalleled energy density of the fuel used. Just one uranium fuel pellet – roughly the size of the tip of an adult’s little finger – contains the same amount of energy as 17,000 cubic feet of natural gas, 1,780 pounds of coal or 149 gallons of oil.

Are you scared yet?

Other advantages of nuclear energy include life-cycle emissions of carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide that are lower than all fossil fuel forms as well as solar photovoltaic and forestry waste biomass. From a land use perspective, multi-reactor nuclear power plants like Palo Verde in Arizona can – at a single, confined location – produce electricity in quantities that would require over 60 square miles of photovoltaic panels, and anywhere from 15 to over 180 square miles of wind turbines. And the electrical energy from nuclear power plants is available when needed, not just when the sun is shining or the wind is blowing. Only fossil fuels, hydropower and geothermal energy, which is powered by the radioactive decay of uranium deep beneath the earth’s surface, offer the same 24/7 availability.