Outline for Argumentative Paper

  1. Introduction
    1. Nuclear energy is created in a process using nuclear fission of atoms and the heat given off by it to generate steam and therefore electricity
    2. Nuclear power is one of the largest economically and ethically viable options for the future world’s electricity generation.
  2. Economics of Nuclear power
    1. Economical viability of nuclear power generation
    2. Increased job market for U.S. citizens
    3. Despite taking from fossil fuel jobs, positive net job creation in the renewable energy field. (p. 74 Pollin)
    4. Tables on 79 and 81 of pollin
    5. Cost of each facility to build and cost of materials to run it
    6. Good for economy overall to build these facilities and stop fossil fuel generation
  3. Ethics of nuclear power
    1. Dangerous to public
    2. No safe way of removing waste
    3. Potential of nuclear fallout creating inhabitable land i.e. chernobyl and fukushima
    4. Also potential for great amounts of energy generation from a single site, France is 100% green or close to it on just a couple nuclear sites and other renewable energies
  4. Further advances and viability of nuclear power
    1. Nuclear fusion instead of fission reactors generating more power
    2. Change from fossil fuels to fission reactors and how much more power they could generate
    3. Reduction in CO2 emissions over 20 years(Appendix 2, Pollin)
    4. Comparison to other green energy sources such as solar, hydro and wind power
  5. Conclusion
    1. Nuclear fission energy is a beneficial and good immediate fix for the CO2 emissions
    2. Nuclear energy is already largely incorporated around the world and will get further advanced to be better and more efficient
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