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The Pros And Cons Of Nuclear Power

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Leslie Dewan once said, “Nuclear power is a young technology - there's so much more to be discovered. That's what makes it so exciting to me. Yes, there are problems, but innovative people are going to be able to come up with solutions and bring the technology to its full potential.” I stand in firm negation of the resolution. Resolved: The US ought to end its provision of arms to foreign insurgents. My value for today’s debate is societal good and my value criterion is deontology. I define societal good as a good or service that benefits the largest number of people in the largest possible way (investopedia.com) and utilitarianism as the belief that a morally good action is one that helps the greatest number of people (merriam-webster.com) …show more content…

The use of nuclear power can cut down on pollution. “The strong likelihood that the plutonium would be required in the relatively near future would render continuous reprocessing of irradiated fuel, using the existing capacity, the most economical way of providing this resource for future generations. At the same time, it would simplify the management of high level waste, as the half-lives of nearly all the other isotopes present in the waste would be much less than that of plutonium. Storage of the accumulated plutonium in a single, high security facility should, in UK conditions, avoid the possibility of any of the material being acquired by terrorists; the non-plutonium bearing high level waste would be an unattractive target for terrorists.” Not only does this solve for the issue of clean energy, it also can solve for the issue of dirty bombs. It also is safer than tradition means of energy. “One major feature they have in common (beyond safety engineering already standard in Western reactors) is passive safety systems, requiring no operator intervention in the event of a major malfunction.... Many occupational accident statistics have been generated over the last 40 years of nuclear reactor operations in the US and UK. These can be compared with those from coal-fired power generation. All show that nuclear is a distinctly safer way to produce electricity.” (World Nuclear Association

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