PSCI 3325 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Three Mile Island Accident, Nuclear Meltdown, Mining Accident
25 Jan 2017
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Coal: plentiful reserves in the us, fueled the industrial revolution, relatively inexpensive compared to other fossil fuels, problem is that it is dirty. Burning to generate electricity: not distributed equally, more states use coal than others to power their states. Officials from those states are more likely to become head of this energy in the nation. Nuclear: grew rapidly for a time and became flat, but may be changing, 1950/60, thought to be the way of the future because does not require much uranium once obtained, not as much pollution. The government supported use of nuclear energy. Less financial liability for companies to make it easier to spread the use of nuclear: 1970 - changed, environmental groups became better organized. Questions the environmental effect of nuclear on the environment. Accidents, nuclear meltdown, releasing radioactivity it in the air. Three mile island accident, near release of radioactivity. Put things in a halt with nuclear power.
