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=Politicians: Should Council Bluffs have a Nuclear Power Plant?=

 ** Fort **** Calhoun **** Power Plant **

= //__E__//**//__conomy and Environment~:__//**  = 
 * ===**Pros:** ===
 * ===it offers 200-700 jobs and an average of 50 permanent jobs ===
 * ===create up to 3,000 jobs during construction ===
 * ===Brings $430 million in sales and goods ===
 * ===reduces the price of the citizens pay of electricity ===
 * ===17% of the worlds electricity comes from nuclear power plants ===
 * ===that in this time of era nuclear powerplants are safer today than they were back then and they will still be safer tomorrow. ===
 * === **Cons:**  ===
 * === creates waste from the uranium mines and on top of that it still has to have the nuclear power waste  ===
 * === the cooling of the water systems kill the fish,and when its done cooling the plant it pushes all the water back into the ocean killing some fish and plants due to temp. increase  ===
 * === 20-30 tons of waste each month  ===
 * ===**causes cancer**===
 * **can kill the fetus if a woman is pregnant**
 * **the radiation can also sterilize the male sperm cells completely**
 * **it could also move some of the DNA around in the sperm cells so it causes a mutation to the offspring**
 * [[image:BCACHDPNUCAEJL9T7CATXNYH6CAD31MKRCAQLAH6MCAX6YSKNCAZYU8GOCA90LVTYCAU1GUF2CARKYK40CADKQR2FCADRMRKDCAZ9V3NOCAPYM14SCAB1U3GPCA47KM52CAHVROZ0CAX7I7G1.jpg width="225" height="282"]]
 * **this is an example of a kid who was born with a mutation due to radiation.**

= __ Five reasons // for // nuclear power !: __ = === 1 Generating electricity by nuclear reactors does not produce carbon dioxide, the principal greenhouse gas causing global warming and climate change. Britain's existing nuclear power plants reduce the nation's carbon emissions by between 7 and 14% === === 2 Building new nuclear power stations will ensure the nation retains control over its own sources of energy. Security of supply is essential in an unstable world where oil and gas comes mainly from regions that could hold Britain to ransom by threatening to disrupt supplies. === === 3 Nuclear power is a mature technology and has proven reliability. It has been developed over 50 years and the latest reactors are reliable, clean and efficient. The last 10 nuclear reactors to be built in the world have been delivered on time and to their budget. === === 4 Generating electricity by nuclear power is a 24/7 operation and is not subject to the vagaries of wind, sun or tides. It can be fine-tuned to meet peak demand and will not let us down in the depths of winter. === === 5 As a founder member of the nuclear club, Britain has the expertise to operate the new nuclear-fission reactors. By building new fission reactors Britain will be well placed to develop cleaner fusion reactors. ===



= __ Five reasons __  = = //__ against __// = = __ nuclear power: __  = === 1 Nuclear power produces radioactive waste that remains dangerous for tens of thousands of years. The Government still does not know what to do with the waste that has accumulated from more than 50 years of nuclear power. === === 2 The technology of generating electricity from nuclear fission can also be used to produce nuclear weapons. Civil nuclear power has been used for a covert nuclear weapons programmed by several regimes. Zimbabwe is the latest country suspected. === === 3 Nuclear power stations are a target for terrorist attack. Terrorists are already believed to have targeted nuclear power plants, including one in Australia. Waste and fuel shipments are also at risk of being hijacked and used to manufacture a "dirty" bomb. ===

5 Nuclear power is not carbon free. Fossil fuels are needed to run the nuclear cycle, from mining the uranium ore and shipping it to Britain, to disposing of the huge volumes of radioactive waste.


__Who it Effects ??:__
 * EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING
 * Fish,
 * plankton
 * benthos
 * plants
 * humans
 * water
 * animals

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=== Children are much more vulnerable to the harmful effects of radiation disasters than the general population because their bodies absorb and metabolize substances differently, and because they are more likely to develop certain cancers from such an exposure. They also are closer to the ground, where radioactive fallout settles. ===

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= **__Our Opinion:__** = ===**We, as the politicians, vote that it is best in everyones best wishes to not have a Nuclear Power Plant in Council Bluffs, Iowa because of all the dangers that comes with it in just a close proximity let alone actually having one here it would be too hazardous to everyones health.**===