NUCLEAR RADIATION; EFFECTS OF ECOLOGICAL EXPOSURE AND
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES
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When a nuclear power plant operates
ideally, virtually zero contaminants are
released into the atmosphere.
Unfortunately, the mishandling of
nuclear energy has devastating effects
to people and the environment.
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The act of uranium mining is also
quite damaging to the earth, in
that large amounts of water are
consumed in the process.
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When a nuclear
explosion occurs,
dispersed into the air can be fatal. Effects can
be seen days or even years after an
explosion. These high levels of radiation
harm and/or destroy cells in the body.
to not only humans, but also
the environment, alternatives
to nuclear may desperately
need to be implored. There
are several safer and
cleaner alternatives to the
use of nuclear energy.
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concentration of radioactivity of
any material on the planet earth, -many hundreds of thousands of times the
concentration in granite or even in
uranium mill tailings (waste).”
 On April 26th, 1986, four reactors at the
Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded,
lethal levels of radiation are
 With what we now know
about the dangers of
nuclear radiation exposure
One major concern regarding the use of
nuclear energy is that its process requires
the disposal of ‘spent’ fuel rods. These
fuel rods contain “the highest
resulting in large scale radioactive pollution. The
following 10 days of the disaster radioactive
material was found dispersed in every country in
the Northern Hemisphere. The
contamination was monumental.
ALTERNATIVES
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Solar power, wind power,
hydroelectric power, and
geothermal power generation are
four of the most well known alternatives.
All of these methods of creating energy,
naturally produce minimal waste.
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By Christina Hunt
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The recent 9.0
magnitude earthquake
in Japan prompted a
monumental
tsunami which caused
major damage to
one of their nuclear
reactors. The
earthquake caused
power to be lost to the
plants cooling systems,
resulting in a surge
1,000 times above
its normal level.
Several explosions and
fires at the Fukushima
plant have caused
radiation to leak.