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Power Plants

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. Upsets the ecological balance of the region

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Power Plants

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  1. Power Plants By: Tessa, Noah, and Robert

  2. 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.

  3. Nuclear Consequences • Upsets the ecological balance of the region • Radiation can damage biological cells • Therefor initiate cancer • Can cause genetic diseases in progeny • Hiroshima • 400 extra cancer deaths among the 100,000 people in the follow-up group • Accidents • Chernobyl

  4. Nuclear Solutions • Just say no! • Greepeace • Germany • Better Technology • Filters • Air • Water • Waste

  5. 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.

  6. Thermal Consequences • Emissions from industrial stacks • environmental and health problems • deviation in the fair weather atmospheric electric parameters. • Large amount of SO, NO & SPM & RSPM which disperse over 25 Kms • Respiratory and related ailments • Blocks photosynthesis process • balance of minerals & micro and major nutrients in the plants soil strata • Structures & buildings get affected due to corrosive reactions.

  7. Thermal Solutions • Alternative Heating • Solar • No more Fossil Fuels • Unsustainable • Alternative development

  8. 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.

  9. Hydro Consequences • Flooding • The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric dam that spans the Yangtze River by the town • World's largest power station in terms of installed capacity (22,500 MW) • Flooded archaeological and cultural sites • Displaced some 1.3 million people • Significant ecological changes, including an increased risk of landslides • Damage to animals

  10. Hydro Solutions • Planning • Flooding • Animals • Fish ladder

  11. 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.

  12. Works Cited • "Does Hydro Power Hurt the Environment?" WikiAnswers. Answers, n.d. Web. 20 Nov. 2012. <http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Does_hydro_power_hurt_the_environment>. • "NEI: Nuclear Energy Institute." Nuclear Energy Institute. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Nov. 2012. <http://www.nei.org/resourcesandstats/documentlibrary/nuclearwastedisposal/factsheet/used-fuel-pools-at-nuclear-power-plants/>. • "How Is Nuclear Waste Disposed? - Answers.Ask.com." How Is Nuclear Waste Disposed? - Answers.Ask.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Nov. 2012. <http://answers.ask.com/Science/Other/how_is_nuclear_waste_disposed>.

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