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Ruby Gorman - I am opposed to the expansion of nuclear energy in the United States. Not only does it pose a threat to the environment, but the containment and disposal of it is dangerous as well. If we begin with the use of renewable energy now, we can slowly but surely set up future generations for safe and powerful energy sources.  We are experiencing the damaging effect of past generations, and to place future generations in a similar position is unjustifiable. The expansion of nuclear energy offers very little long term value, and should not be considered in the United States.

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I think that nuclear energy is a great source of energy but until we can find a safe way to dispose of the waste, we should stop using it. The Yucca mountain idea just seems way to risky because if the structure were to fail or expire, the waste could spread and cause lots of harm. The Idea of shooting it up to space is also too risky because if a space ship were to crash or unintentionally release some of the waste, the people on earth could be at serious harm. As of right now, I believe we should slow down on the use of nuclear energy and do more research on ways to safely dispose of it's waste. -Luke Vargo

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I do believe that nuclear energy does have its benefits such as  High energy density and electricity but I oppose the idea of expansions of nuclear energy and here is why. I think my main reason is that it has a major impact on the environment. Nuclear power plants uses uranium fuel. In doing so, this releases major amounts of carbon dioxide into the air. From an increase rate of CO2 there is the threat of the greenhouse effect. If we went onto using a different power source it would not be an immediate change, we would gradually ease into a new source like some of my classmates discussed in our breakout room, we talked about a substitute energy source such as solar energy.         -Taylor Gamble

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I oppose simply because as we stated in our group it’s basically wasting money simply because of all the nuclear energy that is being used and I agree because I just feel like now they’re trying to be stingy simply because it’s has almost %20 as stated above so why be greedy like that sounds like a lot of money being  consumed into that so I disagree with them expanding they’re already have expanded this thing more than they should have so no i don't agree with them expanding nuclear energy because that’s just crazy and wasting money that they could use to fix something else like the water and etc.

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I oppose nuclear energy but the way that things are currently going, I think we might have to expand it. We need things with low waste output and this is the best temporary solution we’ve got right now. Non renewable resources aren’t good, and completely renewable resources aren’t readily available to implement everywhere

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Diego Guimaraes—I believe that the current use of both energies is the most viable option. We CANNOT solely be dependent on 1 source of energy. The demand for energy is to great for that. As of right now I believe we need to work on the problem of what we need to do with the waste of nuclear energy and at the same time work on the efficiency of renewable energy. Both energy sources hold different demands.

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I personally looked at this from the  pro- Nuclear energy point of view. I'm not going to say that Nuclear energy is the best thing nor is it the safest, but I feel that it is worth the research because It may have the most potential out of the other options. Nuclear Energy is very efficient and holds the potential of knocking out the use of fossil fuels, but he waste it produces is an issue. But lets say next month a scientist said that they found a very safe and efficient way to nullify the products of Nuclear energy, it would be a no brainier to switch to this, or at least slowly rely more on it.  Each nuclear power plant employs 500 to 1,000, and building one takes around 3,500s construction workers, This said if enough  plants are built we could efficiently knock out the use of other fossil fuels without a spike in unemployment. So the potential on this is very high and being the optimist I am, I believe that scientists can find a way to make this happen. So in conclusion I believe that we should expand our research and then if the money put in the research turns out to be rewarding we should expand Nuclear facilities.

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Nuclear power is a better option than coal, however, we have no idea how to dispose of it and it is extremely dangerous if not handled responsibly. I am opposed to expanding the nuclear industry and in favor of investing in research for renewable energy sources.

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I oppose, TODAY IS THE FUTURE, we gotta start thinking about the long-term effects rather than the short time effects. I want us to slowing get ourself comfortable using renewable energy rather than nuclear energy but the time is now when we have abt 7 years to save our planet from climate change until we cant reverse it. The U.S is always a growing country, why bother expanding nuclear energy when we don't know the long term effects or if an explosion happens to our American people. Which I know nobody died in the United States so far but doesn't means that its not going to happen in the future. There's about 300,000 tons of high-level waste from nuclear energy however for renewable energy there barely non and it is environmentally friendly. Nuclear waste can remain radioactive for 10 to 100,00 years these storage containers are most costly than renewable. Nuclear energy can lead to nuclear weapons which can lead to leaders with the wrong hands and potential could be VERY deadly. Also for jobs, people can be trained who worked for the nuclear energy facilities to work in renewable energy industries

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I oppose the expansion of nuclear energy on a federal level because it is very harmful to the environment. Though it would take a while to completely adapt to safer alternatives, in the long term, nuclear energy is not sustainable. Like some of my classmates mentioned, using other non-renewable energy resources would create new jobs. The economy isn't in the best state right now, and even though it would take away jobs at nuclear power plants, it would create so many more. Nuclear energy sparks many concerns such as the concern of nuclear weapons ending up in the wrong hands, nuclear explosions, and exposure to chemicals like Plutonium. We also don't have to completely eliminate the use of nuclear energy. We could gradually expand the use of alternatives like solar energy and wind power while further researching other options.

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I believe that the disposal of nuclear waste is just too flawed for nuclear energy to be viable as of right now. Nuclear waste can last millennia and we have no way to safely contain it for that long, without it poisoning our air or water. Nuclear waste can be cancerous and it's not worth the risk.

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Nuclear power generates 20% of the U.S. electricity supply; it’s the single largest source of non-fossil energy generation in the U.S. and the second largest globally. After reading the article and/or watching the Eyes of Nye video on Nuclear Energy, would you support or oppose the expansion of nuclear energy in the US (at the local, state, or federal level) as a way for more convenient/stable of producing energy?