Power Plants
By: Tessa, Noah, and Robert
Nuclear Causes
 They
create
Radioactive waste for
their energy
 They transport
radioactive waste
which could
potentially leak.
 Nuclear power plants
over heat and can
have melt downs.
Nuclear Consequences
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Upsets the ecological
balance of the region
Radiation can damage
biological cells
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Can cause genetic
diseases in progeny
Hiroshima
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Therefor initiate cancer
400 extra cancer deaths
among the 100,000 people
in the follow-up group
Accidents
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Chernobyl
Nuclear Solutions
 Just
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say no!
Greepeace
Germany
 Better
Technology
 Filters
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Air
Water
Waste
Thermal Causes
 They
heat up or
cool down body of
water.
 Water is used as
coolant then
returned to natural
water at a higher
temperature.
 Also sometimes
release freezing
cold water to
warm bodies of
water.
Thermal Consequences
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Emissions from industrial stacks
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Large amount of SO, NO & SPM
& RSPM which disperse over 25
Kms
Respiratory and related ailments
Blocks photosynthesis process
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environmental and health
problems
deviation in the fair weather
atmospheric electric parameters.
balance of minerals & micro and
major nutrients in the plants soil
strata
Structures & buildings get
affected due to corrosive
reactions.
Thermal Solutions
 Alternative
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Solar
 No
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Heating
more Fossil Fuels
Unsustainable
 Alternative
development
Hydro Causes
 Reservoir
releases
huge amount of
CO2 and Methane
from the dams.
 Can release more
greenhouse gases
than fossil fuels
power plants.
 This doesn’t allow
plants to
decompose and rot
with oxygen.
Hydro Consequences
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Flooding
The Three Gorges Dam is a
hydroelectric dam that spans
the Yangtze River by the
town
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Flooded archaeological and
cultural sites
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World's largest power station
in terms of installed capacity
(22,500 MW)
Displaced some 1.3 million
people
Significant ecological
changes, including an
increased risk of landslides
Damage to animals
Hydro Solutions
 Planning
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Flooding
Animals
 Fish
ladder
Disposing Nuclear waste
 There
is no real way
to dispose nuclear
waste.
 Burying it deep
underground where
it wont be disturbed
for years
 Can be stored in
steel lined concrete
pool for cooling
and storing.
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