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Hobson, Margaret Kriz. "Green Groups Boxed In On Nuclear Issue." //National Journal// (2010). //Opposing Viewpoints In Context//. Web. 26 Oct. 2011. Document URL http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CA218377805&v=2.1&u=pl7053&it=r&p=GPS&sw=w

1. Obama wants to renew the nation's nuclear power industry. 2. A group called the "Greens" argue that nuclear powering involves unsafe technology. 3. Producing Nuclear energy creates tons of radioactive waste. 4. A program for the next generation of nuclear reactors will cost $54 billion. 5. This cost will force U.S. taxpayers to assume financial risks. 6. Nuclear energy is helping to the cause of global warming. 7. Nuclear powering can put citizens at risk of being harmed.

Reuters. "Japan: Radiation Cleanup Will Cost At Least $13 Billion, Premier Says." //New York Times// 21 Oct. 2011: A14(L). //Infotrac Newsstand//. Web. 26 Oct. 2011. Document URL http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CA270368771&v=2.1&u=pl7053&it=r&p=GPS&sw=w

8. Nuclear radiation can cause disasters like Chernobyl. 9. Damage repairs for a nuclear plant disaster have cost up to $13 Billion. 10. Depending on the area near a nuclear power plant there could easily be up to 80,000 people who are forced to evacuate their homes. 11. To get the amount of money needed to repair and decontaminate it's going to take a lot of effort. 12. Money being raised to decontaminate areas has a major effect on everyone in the area because the money is coming out of the governments budget cut.

"Koodankulam work to be halted, assures PM." //Hard News// 8 Oct. 2011. //Infotrac Newsstand//. Web. 27 Oct. 2011. Document URL http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CA269007996&v=2.1&u=pl7053&it=r&p=GPS&sw=w

13. There are many towns and citizens that completely disagree with the power plant industry. 14. Many are concerned about safety issues dealing with nuclear power plants, mostly because the fear they have after previous nuclear disasters. 15. Another concern with nuclear power plants is that they put ecological and economic viability at risk. 16. Scientists have stated that nuclear reactors are unable to withstand the impact of an earthquake or tsunami. 17. Some scientists have even stated that nuclear reactors in Russia have major design flaws. 18. Citizens have argued that they should have the most say in whether or not nuclear power plants should be made because the citizens are the ones being affected the most, since they are being put at risk, and many live in fear of these plants. 19. Scientists also said that the cost of energy produced by these plants is colossally expensive. 20. The cost involving construction, maintenance and decommissioning of these reactors is way too much for even a private capital investor. 21. There are much more cost friendly ways of producing power. 22. The other ways are also a lot safer. 23. Areas like India have unorganized and mismanaged programs for nuclear power construction, the mismanaged program creates danger for the people living near the areas where plants are located. 24. Many citizens, of areas where plants are going to placed, protest against the plants and say they need to re-evaluate their nuclear projects for the sake of economic, environmental and human costs.

"Hit by energy shortages, China looks at nuclear safety." //Mechanical Engineering-CIME// July 2011: 18. //Student Resources in Context//. Web. 27 Oct. 2011. Document URL http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CA260494479&v=2.1&u=pl7053&it=r&p=GPS&sw=w

25. Places that are struck by natural disasters such as earthquakes, like China have a problem on their hands with placement of nuclear power plants. 26. China is highly populated and needs a reliable energy source, nuclear energy seems to be the perfect answer, but with all of the earthquakes that hit China it would be taking a major risk by using nuclear energy. 27. With China's increasing electrical power usage, many places are experiencing power shortages and the power industry is under great pressure. 28. China is being restricted from using unreasonable electricity because of the limited amount of power, but this could be worse for them. 29. This power restriction will affect China's entire market. For example, a steel mill couldn't produce as much steel as was demanded because they couldn't afford the electricity, then they had to raise their steel prices because they couldn't make enough. 30. China needs a power source, but can't make power plants because the safety standards of their location don't meet the amount of safety needed to have a power plant.

Gorton, Jennifer. "Energy Resources: Nuclear Power." //Andy Darvill's Science Site: Home//. Google Custom Search, July 2010. Web. 31 Oct. 2011. .

31. Nuclear energy is a major causes of global warming. 32. Uranium, what is used to create nuclear energy, is not renewable and is gone when we have dug it all up and used it. 33. Nuclear energy gives off tons of radiation. 34. The radiation must be sealed up and buried for many thousands of years before it dies away. 35. The cost of making nuclear energy is very high, and is expected to be doubled by 2030. 36. Radioactive dust called "fallout" can travel very far and effect many who don't even live near a nuclear power plant. 37. Small amounts of high-level nuclear waste are produced from work stations, and are deadly if exposed. 38. By using nuclear we are trusting designs made by man, if one small part is wrong we could have a huge disaster. 39. Uranium isn't any easy resource to get, many countries don't have this resource. 40. By relying on nuclear power we are relying on other countries to get our power (uranium).