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Radiation Radiation Radiation is discover to be harmful to Radiation is discover to be harmful to

humans humans Radiation can damage genetic material Radiation can damage genetic material

and can destroy the environment and can destroy the environment Nuclear radiation can last many years for Nuclear radiation can last many years for

it to decay it to decay The clean up of radioactive material is The clean up of radioactive material is

expensive and can take a long timeexpensive and can take a long time

Three Mile Island Three Mile Island

On March 28, 1979 a nuclear accident on On March 28, 1979 a nuclear accident on Three Mile Island happenedThree Mile Island happened Radiation escape into the environment Radiation escape into the environment The accident was cause some cooling The accident was cause some cooling malfunctions in the reactor malfunctions in the reactor The clean up plan of the damage reactor The clean up plan of the damage reactor cost 973 million dollars and took 12 years cost 973 million dollars and took 12 years It was the first nuclear accident in the It was the first nuclear accident in the USAUSA

What The Accident What The Accident Cause Cause

Before the accident there was about 200 Before the accident there was about 200 nuclear reactors order to be constructed or nuclear reactors order to be constructed or under construction but the accident ended under construction but the accident ended most of them most of them

The accident is consider as the worst nuclear The accident is consider as the worst nuclear accident in the USA accident in the USA

There was no new nuclear reactor order after There was no new nuclear reactor order after the accident the accident

There was no health affects after the accident There was no health affects after the accident The accident is a factor that collapse the The accident is a factor that collapse the

production of nuclear reactors production of nuclear reactors

Nuclear EnergyNuclear Energy

Nuclear energy is safe Nuclear energy is safe Many countries are trying to built nuclear Many countries are trying to built nuclear

reactors to replace fossil fuels and oil reactors to replace fossil fuels and oil Nuclear industries do not produce as much Nuclear industries do not produce as much

as pollution as other energy sources and as pollution as other energy sources and produce more energyproduce more energy

It is the hazards nuclear industries use to get It is the hazards nuclear industries use to get energy and what it is produce after using it energy and what it is produce after using it that people are worry about (uranium )that people are worry about (uranium )

Nuclear Industry in the USA Experts have said nuclear industry

will become the leading industry in the USA in the future

In 2009 20.2% of the energy in the USA came from nuclear industries

The USA is a leading producer of nuclear power in the world, making up of more then 30 %

Nuclear Industry Today

Nuclear industries have got safer They have got more laws and security

enforcing them Recently a nuclear accident in Japan happens

and was cause by a natural disaster the accident has shown the anywhere in the world that has a nuclear power plant is not safe even if it has more security, nuclear power plants are always in danger to terrorists and to natural disasters

Credits

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Moore, Patrick. "INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY." IAEA. Greenpeace, 7/3/2011. Web. 7 Mar 2011.http://www.iaea.org/Publications/Magazines/Bulletin/Bull481/htmls/nuclear_rethink.html.

NMAH." THREE MILE ISLAND : THE INSIDE STORY. SMITHSONIAN NATURA; MUSEAM OF AMERICAN HISTORY , n.d. Web. 9 Mar 2011.http://americanhistory.si.edu/tmi/tmi12.htm 

"NUCLEAR POWER IN THE USA." WORLD NUCLEAR ASSOCIATION . WORLD NUCLEAR ASSOCIATION, 28 December 2010) . Web. 27 Feb 2011. http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf41.html 

United States Of America . Backgrounder on the Three Mile Island Accident . Tuesday, August 11, 2009 , 2009 . Web. 21 Feb 2011.http://nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/.../3mile-isle.html