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Critical Readings and Resources:
Critical Readings and Resources:
[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6TXN-4XGBG60-2&_user=56761&_coverDate=03%2F31%2F2010&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1403052854&_rerunOrigin=google&_acct=C000059541&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=56761&md5=bf1816498a73a33710e3398d61127b17 Role of nuclear energy to a future society of shortage of energy resources and global warming]
--From [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6TXN-4XGBG60-2&_user=56761&_coverDate=03%2F31%2F2010&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1403052854&_rerunOrigin=google&_acct=C000059541&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=56761&md5=bf1816498a73a33710e3398d61127b17]


[http://globalchange.mit.edu/files/document/MITJPSPGC_Reprint_10-3.pdf Potential climatic impacts and reliability of very large-scale wind farms]
[http://globalchange.mit.edu/files/document/MITJPSPGC_Reprint_10-3.pdf Potential climatic impacts and reliability of very large-scale wind farms]

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2010 Global Sustainability Summer School


Topic Brainstorm

Resolved: Nuclear energy production should not be a part of the US energy supply.

  • Affirmative:

Critical readings & resources

--From The Institute for Energy and Environmental Research • IEER

Carbon-Free and Nuclear-Free: A Roadmap for U.S. Energy Policy [WARNING: link is to full text, 257 pgs.]

The Technical and Economic Feasibility of a Carbon-Free and Nuclear-Free Energy System in the United States, Arjun Makhijani. March 4, 2009

Nuclear isn't necessary, from Nature Reports Climate Change

--From Caldicott, H.

Nuclear energy: money can't buy love by David Noonan, ABC (Aus), 3 March 2010]

--From Union of Concerned Scientists: A Resurgence of Nuclear Power Poses Significant Challenges [1]

--Natural Resources Defense Council: New Nuclear Power Plants Are Not a Solution for America's Energy Needs [2]


  • Negative:

Critical Readings and Resources:

Role of nuclear energy to a future society of shortage of energy resources and global warming --From [3]

Potential climatic impacts and reliability of very large-scale wind farms --From [4]

Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors: An old idea in nuclear power gets reexamined --From [5]