Sources

All the information here came from many sources produced by many scientists. So, credit must be given to them since it is the right thing to do.

 

    1. Source for percentage of power produced by nuclear, amount of power produced by nuclear, and how nuclear compares to other sources of power.  Office of Nuclear Energy. “INFOGRAPHIC: How Much Power Does a Nuclear Reactor Produce?” Energy.gov, Office of Nuclear Energy, 6 Feb. 2018, www.energy.gov/ne/articles/infographic-how-much-power-does-nuclear-reactor-produce.  

     

    1. Source that gives benefits to nuclear power. 5 Reasons Nuclear Is a Good Neighbor.” Energy.gov, 13 June 2024, www.energy.gov/ne/articles/5-reasons-nuclear-good-neighbor. 

      

    1. Source for advocacy of nuclear power.  Nam, Aerang, and Christopher M. Weible. “Examining Experts’ Discourse in South Korea’s Nuclear Power Policy Making: An Advocacy Coalition Framework Approach to Policy Knowledge.” Politics & Policy (Statesboro, Ga.), vol. 51, no. 2, 2023, pp. 201–21, https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12522.    

      

    1. Source for Nuclear waste disposal.  Nuclear Energy Agency. Management and Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste Global Progress and Solutions. OECD Publishing, 2020, https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1787/33f65af2-en.    

      

    1. Source for area taken up by nuclear power production.  Derr, Emma. “Nuclear Needs Small Amounts of Land to Deliver Big Amounts of Electricity.” Nuclear Energy Institute, 29 Apr. 2022, www.nei.org/news/2022/nuclear-brings-more-electricity-with-less-land.  

     

    1. Source for nuclear power and effects on the environment.  Zimon, Grzegorz, et al. “The Impact of Fossil Fuels, Renewable Energy, and Nuclear Energy on South Korea’s Environment Based on the STIRPAT Model: ARDL, FMOLS, and CCR Approaches.” Energies (Basel), vol. 16, no. 17, 2023, pp. 6198-, https://doi.org/10.3390/en16176198.     

      

    1. Source for electrical energy used in life.  International Atomic Energy Agency. “Infographics: Nuclear Energy Compared.” Www.iaea.org, 30 Dec. 2021, www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/infographics-nuclear-energy-compared.\ 
    1. Source for Not In My Backyard involving Nuclear Energy.  Song, Lingchuan, et al. “From “Not in My Backyard” to “Please in My Backyard”: Transforming the Local Responses toward a Waste-To-Energy Incineration Project in China.” Sustainable Production and Consumption, 1 Dec. 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2023.12.019. Accessed 20 Mar. 2024.  

     

    1. Source for 3-Mile-Island incident.  United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission. “Backgrounder on the Three Mile Island Accident.” Nrc.gov, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 28 Mar. 2024, www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/3mile-isle.html.  

     

    1. Source for Chernobyl Accident.  World Nuclear Association. “Chernobyl Accident 1986.” World-Nuclear.org, World Nuclear Association, 17 Feb. 2025, https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/safety-and-security/safety-of-plants/chernobyl-accident 

      

    1. Source for Fukushima Incident.  Planas, Oriol. “Nuclear Accident in Fukushima - Causes and Consequences.” Nuclear-Energy.net, 15 Mar. 2011, https://nuclear-energy.net/nuclear-accidents/fukushima 

      

    1. Source for Nuclear Fusion Information.   ITER. “Advantages of Fusion.” ITER - the Way to New Energy, ITER, 10 Nov. 2023, www.iter.org/fusion-energy/advantages-fusion.  

     

    1. Source deaths comparison for nuclear vs other power sources.   Kazilbash, Sana. “What’s the Death Toll of Nuclear vs Other Energy Sources?” Engineering.com, 25 Feb. 2021, www.engineering.com/whats-the-death-toll-of-nuclear-vs-other-energy-sources/.  

     

    1. Source for Chernobyl mutations. Doctrow, Brian. “The Genetic Effects of Chernobyl Radiation Exposure.” National Institutes of Health (NIH), 4 May 2021, www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/genetic-effects-chernobyl-radiation-exposure.  

     

    1. Source Nuclear Energy environmental benefits.   Office of Nuclear Energy. “3 Reasons Why Nuclear Is Clean and Sustainable.” U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy, 31 Mar. 2021, www.energy.gov/ne/articles/3-reasons-why-nuclear-clean-and-sustainable.  

     

    1. Source for Fukushima mutations: Featherstone, Steven. “4 Years after the Meltdown, Investigating Fukushima’s Ecological Toll.” Scientific American, www.scientificamerican.com/article/4-years-after-the-meltdown-investigating-fukushima-s-ecological-toll/.  

     

     

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