Energy Sources Project: Nuclear
Important Reminders...
CITING INFORMATION
- You may not simply copy and paste information from notes, the internet, or other students. It must be put in your own words.
- You must include a list of sources you used for each slide in the speaker comments on the slide. It does not need to be in MLA or APA format, just include the name of the source and a link to it. "Google", "Yahoo Answers", etc. are not the names of any source.
- You should start with Google Slides of notes, classwork, and resources on this website. If you found a source not on this list and want to use it, let me know and we will vet it together.
BEWARE OF BIASED SOURCES
Energy is a very complex and political issue, so most of the information on the internet is biased (not balanced, influenced by opinion). The websites below are good places to start for information... but some are made and paid for by industry, making them biased (I put "BIASED" after their name in the advantages/challenges section). They tend to have misleading information that focuses on the advantages and ignores and downplays the challenges. Occasionally they have misinformation (wrong/lies). This is especially the case when a source of electricity is claimed to be "green", "clean", or "better for the environment". I tried to avoid websites that have a lot of misinformation, but many have a little. How can you tell? You should always consider the source of your information and compare it to other ones that are either unbiased or biased the other way!
LINKS TO INFORMATION ABOUT NUCLEAR POWER
Unit Notes and Study Guides:
- Unit 1: Energy Types, LOL Diagrams
- Unit 2: States of Matter, Phase Changes, Phase Change Diagrams and LOLs
- Unit 3: Periodic Table, Subatomic Particles
- Unit 4: Chemical Bonding- Ionic and Metallic- Conductors/Insulators
- Unit 5: Chemical Bonding- Covalent and Hydrogen, Polarity
- Unit 6: Materials Science
- Midyear Review Unit: Sources of Electrical Energy Project
- Semester 1 Full Study Guide
How nuclear power works:
- Class notes about Nuclear
- US Energy Information Administration:
- Nuclear (kid version, seems same as adult)
- Nuclear Explained: The Nuclear Fuel Cycle (from mining to disposal) (adult version)
- US Environmental Protection Agency (This part of the site was created in 2011 and removed in 2013. The link here is to an archived version.):
- National Energy Education Development Project
- Nuclear Energy Flow Packet (especially the last page)
- Nuclear At A Glance
- Nuclear Information Packet
- Ontario Nuclear Power Plant:
- video (we watched this in class, also embedded below)
- World Nuclear Association:
- Union of Concerned Scientists:
- Periodic Table.com:
- Switch Energy Alliance
- video How do Nuclear Reactors Work? Also explains some pros about nuclear. (embedded below)
- TED Ed Talk video (we watched most of this in class):
- video (first part we watched this in class, also embedded below)
Switch Energy Alliance video:
Ontario Nuclear Power plant (we watched this is class):
TED Ed Talk video (we watched the first part in class):
How much and where nuclear power is used for electricity in the US, MA, Hingham:
- Class Notes:
- Maps and just a Google Doc of the Sankey Diagrams (made using: US Energy Information Administration: Energy Use by Region of the U.S. and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: Sankey Diagrams if you want to explore them on your own for fun)
- Hingham Municipal Lighting Plant:
- Annual Reports (how much of each source of electricity Hingham uses)
- US Energy Information Administration:
Benefits and concerns of nuclear:
- US Energy Information Administration:
- The National Energy Education Development Project (probably BIASED- you can see who funds it here and who runs it here):
- Environmental Protection Agency (This part of the site was created in 2011 and removed in 2013. The link here is to an archived version.):
- American Nuclear Society (BIASED):
- Nuclear's Role in the Clean Energy Economy ("clean" here meaning zero carbon emission)
- World Nuclear Association (BIASED):
- Union of Concerned Scientists (BIASED):
- Periodic Table.com:
- Switch Energy Alliance run by some former fossil fuel executives, but seems to be unbiased):
- How do Nuclear Reactors Work? Video. Also explains some pros about nuclear. (embedded above)
- TED Ed Talk video (we watched most of this in class):
- video (end of it- we watched the first part in class, also embedded above)