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//Nuclear Energy Inc.//
Source(s) **http://members.tripod.com/funk_phenomenon/nuclear/procon.htm** **http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf02.html** **http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124205435** **http://www.physorg.com/news8956.html** **http://www.history.rochester.edu/class/EZRA/LongTerm.htm** **http://nuclearaustralia.blogspot.com/2008/06/pro-nuclear-push-from-within-labor.html**
 * ===== Our demand for energy is rising, and our fossil fuels are running out. Within the next fifty years, we **//must//**  switch to alternative energy sources. =====
 * =====We know that Uranium is radioactive. However, most don't realize that coal waste contains radioactive materials that vent straight into our atmosphere. =====
 * Nuclear energy is not only safer than coal, but more reliable; because nuclear power plants require less fuel and energy than coal plants, they are less vulnerable to shortages.
 * Mining Uranium ore leaves residues which increase radon exposure. //"[However,] these effects do not outweigh the benefits by the fact that mining uranium out of the ground reduces future radon exposures. Coal burning leaves ashes that will increase future radon exposures, the estimates of radon show that it is safer to use nuclear power than to burn coal."// **(http://members.tripod.com/funk_phenomenon/nuclear/procon.htm)**
 * === Each year, around 10,000 to 50,000 people living in America die from respiratory problems due to coal power plants, and 300 die in mining and transportation accidents. In contrast, no Americans have died or been seriously injured because of a reactor accident or radiation exposure from American nuclear power plants. There are safety mechanisms that protect us from another catastrophic meltdown. //"The reactor core is contained within a 9-inch thick steel pressure vessel. The pressure vessel is surrounded by a thick concrete wall. This is inside a sealed steel containment structure, which itself is inside a steel-reinforced concrete dome four feet thick. The dome is designed to withstand extremes such as earthquakes or a direct hit by a crashing airliner. There is also a large number of sensors that pick up increases in radiation or humidity. An increase in radiation or humidity could mean there is a leak. There are systems that control and stop the chain reaction if necessary. An Emergency Core Cooling System ensures that in the event of an accident there is enough cooling water to cool the reactor."// (http://members.tripod.com/funk_phenomenon/nuclear/procon.htm) ===
 * === One cannot develop cancer or other genetic mutations by simply living near the plant. Radiation sickness is caused by receiving a dose of around 200 rems, but only if this large amount of radiation is received all at once. The average person receives about 200 millirems of radiation a year, this comes from everyday objects. This is called background radiation, if ALL our power came from nuclear plants we would receive extra 2/10 millirems a year. //"In a study of 100,000 survivors of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, there have been 400 more cancer deaths than normal, and there is not an above average rate of genetic disease in their children. During the accident at Three Mile Island in America, people living within a 50 mile radius only received an extra .03% of their average annual radiation. This was because of the containment structures, the majority of which were not breacher. The containment building and primary pressure vessel remained undamaged, fulfilling their function."// (http://members.tripod.com/funk_phenomenon/nuclear/procon.htm) ===