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Nuclear power gets another look in ‘all-of-the-above’ energy approach as climate worries mount

Singer, S. (2023, June 20). Nuclear power gets another look in ‘all-of-the-above’ energy approach as climate worries mount. Utility Dive. https://www.utilitydive.com/news/nuclear-power-smr-climate-ira-omnibus-spending/639484/

Nuclear energy is increasing and also look by federal and state officials are to cut greenhouse gas emissions and bolster energy security. The International Atomic Energy Agency expects global nuclear capacity to be more than double 873 electrical GW net by 2050 and it would be more than 81 GW. The Inflation Reduction Act which communist about 369 billion for climate efforts, includes a zero-emission nuclear power production credit and it’s going to produce up to $15 an MWh of electricity produced.

 

What sparked me to get interested in this article is the number of greenhouse gases that are going to affect nuclear power plants. Also The Inflation Reduction Act is trying their best to reduce greenhouse gas emissions with the amount of money they are putting in to pay for the zero-emission nuclear power production credit

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Is nuclear energy critical in solving climate change?

Georges, G. (2023, February 9). Is nuclear energy critical in solving climate change? CAS. https://www.cas.org/resources/cas-insights/sustainability/nuclear-energy-critical-solving-climate-change

In the graph shows the zero emission blueprint that approximately 450 nuclear power plants operate today at full capacity at 90% of the time compared to the coal and solar plants which is 50% and 25%, and only 10% of the total electricity demand world wide supplied by nuclear power plants. With that nuclear energy carries a controversial image due to the risk of radioactivity and its impact on the environment. 

What I learned from the article is the amount of nuclear energy used and also the risk to the environment that it will lead to. Another thing is that power plants is a causing the environment to have climate change due to CO2 emissions going higher. I also learned that they are about 450 power plants that are used at full capacity than the coal and solar plants in this world.  

Nuclear power in the world today. (2023, May). World Nuclear Association.

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Nuclear Energy

Costa, H. (2023, March 2). Nuclear energy. National Geographic. https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/nuclear-energy/

Nuclear energy can be use to create electricity, but it must release an atom first once. During the process that is called nuclear fission, atoms are split to release the nuclear energy. Nuclear reactors and power plants are machines that can control the nuclear fission to produce electricity. The type of fule that the reactor uses is the elements is uranium 

 

What I learned about this article was what nuclear power is and how it works. Also the amount of power plants our country has. The article also talks about how nuclear energy is powered and what is in the energy. 

Georges, G. (2023, February 9). Is nuclear energy critical in solving climate change? CA

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The Future of Nuclear Power in a Low-Carbon World

Blatt, J. (2023, June 20). The future of nuclear power in a low-carbon world. National Academies. https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/2023/06/the-future-of-nuclear-power-in-a-low-carbon-world

Our country has been using nuclear energy for electricity for a while now. But at the same time, building a nuclear power plant in a country is costly. But with the new generation, \people are thinking of a smaller option of atomic energy that will be the same as a power plant that they do not need to spend much money on. 

 

This article gave me a spark that our country has been using nuclear energy for electricity, and with how expensive it is, they are trying to dfind an alternative. People who want to make nuclear power plants are finding ways for the construction to not be costly and for less work.

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Nuclear power gets another look in ‘all-of-the-above’ energy approach as climate worries mount

Singer, S. (2023, June 20). Nuclear power gets another look in ‘all-of-the-above’ energy approach as climate worries mount. Utility Dive. https://www.utilitydive.com/news/nuclear-power-smr-climate-ira-omnibus-spending/639484/

Nuclear energy is increasing and also look by federal and state officials to cut greenhouse gas emissions and bolster energy security. The International Atomic Energy Agency expects global nuclear capacity to be more than double 873 electrical GW net by 2050 and it would be more than 81 GW. The Inflation Reduction Act which communist about 369 billion for climate efforts, includes a zero-emission nuclear power production credit and it’s going to produce up to $15 an MWh of electricity produced.

 

What sparked me to get interest in this article is the number of greenhouse gases that are going to be affected due to nuclear power plants. Also, The Inflation Reduction Act is trying there best to reduce greenhouse gas emissions with the amount of money they are putting to pay for the zero-emission nuclear power production credit

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Nuclear Power in the World Today

Nuclear power in the world today. (2023, August). World Nuclear Association. https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/current-and-future-generation/nuclear-power-in-the-world-today.aspx

Over 50 countries have utilized nuclear energy in about 220 research reactors. They are used for the production of medical and industrial isotopes as well for training. During the civil war, nuclear power can now boast more than 10,000 reactors a year. and they are operating nuclear power plants in 32 countries worldwide.

What I have learned from this article is the more technology is used the more they can use it to make nuclear reactors for nuclear energy to power up electricity in people’s homes. Another thing I learned was that there are now 32 countries that have new nuclear power plants around the world. Also with the impact of the civil nuclear power now there are 10,000 reactors a year.

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Is nuclear energy critical in solving climate change?

Georges, G. (2023, February 9). Is nuclear energy critical in solving climate change? CAS. https://www.cas.org/resources/cas-insights/sustainability/nuclear-energy-critical-solving-climate-change

The graph shows the zero-emission blueprint that approximately 450 nuclear power plants operate today at full capacity at 90% of the time compared to the coal and solar plants which is 50% and 25%, and only 10% of the total electricity demand worldwide supplied by nuclear power plants. With that nuclear energy carries a controversial image due to the risk of radioactivity and its impact on the environment. 

What I learned from the article is the amount of nuclear energy used and also the risk to the environment that it will lead to. Another thing is that power plants a causing the environment to have climate change due to CO2 emissions going higher. I also learned that there are about 450 power plants that are used at full capacity than the coal and solar plants in this world.  

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Nuclear Energy

Costa, H. (2023, March 2). Nuclear energy. National Geographic. https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/nuclear-energy/

Nuclear energy can be use to create electricity, but it must release an atom first once. During the process that is called nuclear fission, atoms are split to release the nuclear energy. Nuclear reactors and power plants are machines that can control the nuclear fission to produce electricity. The type of fule that the reactor uses is the elements is uranium 

 

What I learned about this article was what nuclear power is and how it works. Also the amount of power plants our country has. The article also talks about how nuclear energy is powered and what is in the energy. 

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The Future of Nuclear Power in a Low-Carbon World

Blatt, J. (2023, June 20). The future of nuclear power in a low-carbon world. National Academies. https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/2023/06/the-future-of-nuclear-power-in-a-low-carbon-world

For a while now our country has been using nuclear energy for electricity. But at the same time, it is very expensive to build a nuclear power plant in a country. But with the new generation, people are thinking of a smaller option of nuclear energy that will be the same as a power plant that they do not need to spend a lot of money on. 

 

This article gave me a spark that our country has been using nuclear energy for electricity and also with how expensive it is they are trying to find an alternative to it. With that people that want to make nuclear power plants, they are finding ways for the construction to not be expensive and for less work.