Readings for Next Week

Here we go - head first into the debate over nuclear energy!  The main reading for this week is an article from a few years ago that gives an overview of both sides of the debate.  This is a pre-Fukushima survey, but the core issues have not really changed (and, I have posted this to this blog several times by now!)

1)  Pros and Cons of Nuclear Energy from a Wall Street Journal article by Michael Totty.  Notice as you are reading this that many of the "pro" arguments for nuclear energy are not actually phrased as inherent advantages of nuclear energy, but as answers to criticisms.  That still counts!

2) First few sections of the World Nuclear Society's overview on U.S. Nuclear Energy.  You don't need to read beyond where it starts talking about "consolidation."  The World Nuclear Society is a nuclear industry group, so you will see their bias in how they write about the history of U.S. nuclear power.  However, the first few sections of this summarize a few handy factual things to know about nuclear energy in the U.S.

Next week, I will start posting links to many more resources on this subject so we have a lot to discuss to evaluate what's good and bad about nuclear energy.  If you find things, post them!