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=** Is Nuclear Power a good **= =** option for Australia? **=

**What Is Nuclear Power?** Nuclear Energy is made out of Uranium atoms. There are two ways that the Uranium atoms can be made into energy, it is called Nuclear Fission and Nuclear Fusion. Nuclear Fusion is when the energy is being created when the Atoms are fused together to make a larger atom. For Nuclear Fission it is when the atoms are split to make smaller atoms. The Process makes steam which is used to turn the turbines. The Turbine spin the Plants Generator and The Plants generator makes Electricity.

**The Disadvantages** Waste Products from making nuclear power are very radioactive. In high Radiation if any living thing falls in a nuclear reactor they would almost die instantly. In low radiation they would still die but not as quickly as high radiation and may cause sickness like cancer. Birth problems can damage the children exposed to radiation. You can not hear, see or smell radiation without special detectors. The waste, that comes from nuclear power plants, is extremely dangerous and has to be carefully looked after for thousands of years until it goes away. Building a nuclear power plant in Australia costs $28 billion dollars. the radioactive waste takes tens of thousands of years to break down. In the Chernobyl accident 237 people suffered fr om acute radiation sickness. To run a nuclear power plant it costs 30.0 but to run fossil flues it costs 29.1.

"Nuclear energy is fast becoming the most expensive way to produce electricity and its highly radioactive waste poses an ever-increasing problem. Despite the French government's global marketing of the EPR as cheap and safe, the evidence proves otherwise," stressed Dr. Rianne Teule, Greenpeace International Nuclear Campaigner. "Nuclear power is nothing more than an out-of-date, expensive and failed technology from the last century. Governments that are serious about tackling climate change need to invest in renewables and energy efficiency solutions as outlined in Greenpeace's Energy [R]evolution scenarios, to ensure people have a clean energy future free from the dangers of hazardous waste,"concluded Rianne Teule. "We are a country with abundant solar, wind, geothermal tidal, you name it, we have got renewable source of energy, so we don't think nuclear energy is right for this country," Julia Gillard. There is barely a way to warn people in the future about nuclear waste dumps which means that the toxic waste could make its way to living animals. The Fukushima accident happened on March 11th about 25 years after the chernobyl accident. The Fukushima accident happened because of an earthquake and a tsunami causing the release of radioactive contamination.



The sun gives off heat and light and other radiation because it uses nuclear fusion of hydrogen atoms into helium atoms.
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**The Advantages** Nuclear power is a clean energy unlike coal which is very dirty. The world has a lot of pollution which creates a hole in the ozone layer. Global has been one of the main problems the world has and Nuclear power doesn't take part of it because it is a clean energy. Nuclear Power is really good for the environment because Nuclear Power is clean when making energy, it doesn't create poisonous gases like Carbon Dioxide, Sulfur or Nitrogen Dioxide unlike coal which burns fossil fuels and creates a lot of pollution. Nuclear energy is far more more efficient than coal. 1g of Uranium creates the same amount of energy as 3 tonnes of coal, Australia then can save 3 million less Uranium with Nuclear Power either than using coal. Australia has 23% of the worlds Uranium. That means that Australia doesn't have to buy it from other countries. That would save us a lot of money. Running a nuclear power plant doesn't cost that much.

"I have never known a credible emissions reduction without nuclear power," de Boer said.

In fact the Uranium, which is the most common element used to produce nuclear power today, has an energy content about 3 million times greater than that of fossil fuel. Consequently 1 gram of Uranium is equivalent to approximately 3 tonnes of coal. (http://nuclearinfo.net/Nuclearpower/TheScienceOfNuclearPower)

Australia's uranium reserves are the world's largest, with 23% of the world total. (http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf48.html)

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**Bibliography**
 * __http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/01335/nuclear.htm__
 * __http://205.254.135.24/kids/energy.cfm?page=nuclear_home-basics]__
 * __http://www.kids.esdb.bg/uranium.html__
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