We'll All
Go Together When We Go…..
NEWS FLASH!!
In light of developments in Japan, debate about the
safety of Consumers Energy Palisades Nuclear Energy plant located on the Lake
Michigan shore has resurfaced. Your assignment is to assume roles that will
allow your classmates to assess the benefits and risks of nuclear energy as a
means to generate electricity.
- What is nuclear energy and how is it generated?
- What are the benefits and risks to the generation and use of
nuclear energy at Palisades?
- How is the fuel manufactured?
- How is the waste stored?
- What are the significant risks associated with occupational
safety?
- What are the risks to the general population at
large?
- What are the risks to the ecological community?
- How does the plant deal with the thermal pollution
associated with Palisades?
- Is Palisades economical to operate with respect to other
sources of electric energy?
You and your team
members will be asked to address the questions above in a 20 minute presentation
of your findings. You should allow time for a brief question and answer period
from your classmates.
Your roles are as follows:
1. A representative from the Lake Michigan Community
Council
2. A nuclear fission engineer from Consumers Energy
3. A representative from the Michigan Department of Natural
Resources
4. A plant safety engineer from Consumers Energy
5. An inspector from the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission
Additional Links:
MICHIGAN DNR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission
Consumers Energy
University
of Michigan Nuclear Engineering
http://www.world-nuclear.org/
http://www.perc.ca/PEN/1995-05/cnp.html
http://www.nmcco.com/default.htm
http://www.ans.org/
http://www.michigan.gov/deq/
http://www.nei.org/
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Last Revised October 23rd, 2006
Created By Cheryl Hach,and
Mark
G. Peeters
E-mail: Cheryl Hach,
Kalamazoo Area Math and Science
Center
