Thursday, January 3, 2013

Should there be a nuclear power plant in saskatchewan

Should there be a nuclear power plant in Saskatchewan

I think there should be a nuclear power plant built in Saskatchewan
because I believe it would contribute to the province a great deal. There is a
growing need for power in Saskatchewan.

Right now in Saskatchewan there is a need for more power. There has
question as to putting a nuclear plant is Saskatchewan This I think is the ideal
choice of power plants because on 1 bundle of uranium is equal to the power
output of 400 tones or 1900 barrels of oil. This is more than adequate to cope
with our need for power. Also one good example of our need is that during
winter Saskatchewan has to buy power from other provinces in order to have,
that is how serious the shortage is.

In Saskatchewan there is lots of unemployment. Building a nuclear
power plant would create more jobs. This would also benefit the government
because less people would be collecting unemployment insurance and
welfare. Thus adding to the amount the government could be spending on
other things such as fixing highways, better healthcare, and more funding to
school.

Nuclear power is also a lot environment wise. Nuclear power requires
a mere fraction of the space that is required to set up a solar, wind, or
hydroelectric generating station which. This will allow more space for private
landowners and will also keep land prices at a lower cost. Nuclear power is
also a much cleaner operating type of fuel. The amount of waste produced is
from a nuclear power plant is not even a fraction of the amount of sulfur,
carbon monoxide, and nitrogen oxide produced by a coal plant. By building a
nuclear power we will reduce acid rain and not add to the global warming.
Hydro stations form algae in lakes which reduces the amount of oxygen in
the water making it harder for marine life to survive. Although the damage
nuclear accidents cause is very bad the risk of a accident is not very probable,
so in the long run the damages caused by a nuclear power are very little
compared to other generating stations.

Also lets look at economy. Any new industry or company brought to
the province also bring income to the government. Which will again make the
government able to improve other also important Things.

Nuclear power is also a cheaper fuel. Since we have such large
deposits of uranium in Saskatchewan it will cost barely anything to fuel the
reactors

So you see it only makes sense to place a nuclear reactor in
Saskatchewan because of the lesser amount of pollution and cost to run a
nuclear reactor.

No comments:

Post a Comment