Nuclear Energy GSSS 2010 Debate: Difference between revisions
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Resolved: Nuclear energy production should not be a part of the US energy supply. | <b>Resolved: Nuclear energy production should not be a part of the US energy supply.</b> | ||
*Affirmative: | <b><u>*Affirmative:</u></b> | ||
Critical readings & resources | <i>Critical readings & resources</i> | ||
--From [http://www.ieer.org/ The Institute for Energy and Environmental Research • IEER] | --From [http://www.ieer.org/ The Institute for Energy and Environmental Research • IEER] | ||
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[[Media:ThermoLimits.pdf| Thermodynamic limitations to nuclear energy]] | [[Media:ThermoLimits.pdf| Thermodynamic limitations to nuclear energy]] | ||
*Negative: | <b><u>*Negative:</u></b> | ||
Critical Readings and Resources: | <i>Critical Readings and Resources:</i> | ||
[http://web.mit.edu/nuclearpower/ MIT's The Future of Nuclear Power] --From [http://web.mit.edu/nuclearpower/] | |||
[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] | [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] | ||
Revision as of 03:46, 20 July 2010
| 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.]
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]
Thermodynamic limitations to nuclear energy
*Negative:
Critical Readings and Resources:
MIT's The Future of Nuclear Power --From [3]
Role of nuclear energy to a future society of shortage of energy resources and global warming --From [4]
Potential climatic impacts and reliability of very large-scale wind farms --From [5]
Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors: An old idea in nuclear power gets reexamined --From [6]
Land Needed by Wind and Solar --From [7]
