Quarter 3 Article 8
Government May Support Nuclear Power's Comeback
April 13, 2010
This article relates to the miller text book because this deals with renewable energy, being nuclear power.
Area covered is the United States
Obama is now looking at alternative energy sources and has agreed to subsidize new nuclear power plants. But restarting the nuclear power industry — which has been treading water for 30 years — won't be easy. By many nuclear power is still viewed as a major risk for two major reasons. One would be some of the unknowns, because we haven't built here in 30 years. And they want to watch the licensing process work and they want to prove us at our word that we can replicate what's happened overseas. Another risk is that american utility companies tend to be smaller than their foreign counterparts. They don't have as much cash, so they have to borrow more. And the typical nuclear project runs about $10 billion, give or take. Overall nuclear power is a risk but is a way to solve a part of the energy crisis for america.
I think that this is good idea for the country because it does not release greenhouse gases and produces a lot of energy.
DOE- Department of Energy
1 comment:
There is still the issue of nuclear waste...........
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