Nuclear Stigmatism
Abstract
With many more countries becoming more industrialized comes the added burden of more carbon dioxide. Countries such as China are extremely dependant on fossil fuel based energy. Here too in the United States, the primary sources for power are fossil fuel based. A new nuclear power facility has not been built since 1997 in the United States. Why is this? This paper will briefly discuss why, and what the stigma of nuclear energy is.
THE ADVENT OF NUCLEAR POWER
On June 27, 1954, the USSR built the first reactor for powering up an electrical system. The reactor produced 5 megawatts (electrical), enough to power 2,000 homes. In 1957, the United States followed suit by adding its first nuclear reactor in Pennsylvania. The United States currently operates 104 nuclear power stations throughout the country. They are operating at 100% capacity, and more new, more efficient models need to be built. (Hagen, R. (n.d.). Nuclear Power: 12 percent of America's Generating......
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