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By Carl Anderson

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What do you think about when you hear nuclear?

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Chernobyl or nuclear waste?

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Homer Simpson?

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Thats not nuclear power

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How about green? Nuclear energy is carbon free

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How about Safe? Nuclear power is one of the safest industries on the planet. Affordable Nuclear Power is one of the cheapest ways to produce energy.

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Where does electricity come from?

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Why is coal is the most used energy source on the planet?

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The cheapest way is always the best way to do things Right?

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Coal has hidden costs It is polluting Major source of air born pollution and acid rain Coal produces more CO 2 than any other energy source It is dangerous Coal mining is hazardous, and has long term affects

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20 th Century U.S. fatalities War fatalities: Vietnam, Korea, Philippines, Gulf War: 116,582 World War I & II: 521,915 Coal mining accidents: 130,000 CWP/Black Lung Disease: 635,000

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A lifetime of burning coal will give you: 160 tons of particulate matter (ash) 2,300,000 lbs. of CO 2 65,000 lbs. of SO 2 18,000 lbs. of carbon monoxide 20 tons of toxic coal tar 6.4 oz. of mercury 1.2 oz. of radio-nucleotides

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A lifetime of Nuclear Power Will fission 3.5 oz. of Uranium

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What about nuclear weapons? Atomic bomb uses ultra enriched fuel (95%) Nuclear reactor uses slightly enriched fuel (1.5%) U 235 or Pu 239

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Nuclear generation reduces nuclear weapons 50% of all nuclear fuel (10% of all U.S electricity) comes from former soviet warheads.

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If nuclear is so safe, what happened at Chernobyl? Springfield Nuclear Plant the Simpsons Nuclear Plant 4, Chernobyl, Ukraine April 27, 1986

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Chernobyl accident No safety structures Obsolete Design Safety overrides turned off Culture of disregard 632 fatalities 2,000 cases of cancer

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What about nuclear waste? Only 4% of uranium is used in the fuel cycle of a standard nuclear power plant. France, Russia, Japan, Canada recycle spent nuclear fuel, the USA does not. 1% of nuclear fuel is converted into plutonium. With a healthy recycling program & Plutonium/MOX reactors, nuclear waste can be reduced by more than 90%

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What happens to nuclear waste?

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Wait, what about Green options?

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Renewables take a lot of space 4,000 8,000 windmills to equal one nuclear plant

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Renewables have limitations Wind Intermittent Not Scalable Unreliable Diffuse Carbon free Solar Intermittent Most Expensive Carbon free Nuclear Dependable On demand Affordable Safe Scalable Compact Carbon free

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Its been 30 years since a Nuclear Plant has been built in the US In that time designs have gotten Safer Smaller Cleaner More efficient

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So what? The only way to change lives is by changing minds. -Martin Luther King Jr. Nuclear power will allow us to maintain both our environment and way of life into the 21 st century and beyond.