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Nuclear energy, Sources: - Coggle Diagram
Nuclear energy
Cons
Danger of accidents
Chernobyl
The acute impacts
31 deaths
Chronic impacts
No clear number
4000-60000
Fukushima
The acute impacts
0 deaths
Chronic impacts
1 death
Evacuation
1000-1600 deaths
Earthquake and tsunami
Nuclear waste
240 000 years
Nuclear weapons
Small fraction world's needs.
CO2
Uranium winning
1/3
Subsidies
Fossil fuel
Coal
Critical energy sources
Most polluting energy source
CO2
air pollution
Largest source of electricity globally
Oil
World’s largest energy source
Gas
Second largest source of electricity
Less CO2
Negative impacts
Climate change
Air pollution
84% of global primary energy
64% of our electricity came from fossil fuels
Renewables
Kinds:
Biomass
Biofuel
Crops
Hydropower
16% of global electricity
Wind
5% of global electricity
Solar
2% of global electricity
Sources:
https://www.countercurrents.org/nuclearpower.pdf
https://ourworldindata.org/fossil-fuels
https://ourworldindata.org/what-was-the-death-toll-from-chernobyl-and-fukushima
https://ourworldindata.org/renewable-energy