https://www.newsday.com/news/world/chernobylnuclear-disaster-31-years-later-1.11724480 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/world news/11916879/Inside-Fukushimas-nuclear-disasterexclusion-zone-in-pictures.html HO CHI MINH CITY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY OFFICE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDY PROGRAMS Nuclear Power Class :Pre-Intermediate 10 Instructor: David Shaw Outline • Definiton • Nuclear power : past and present • The downside of nuclear power • The upside of nuclear power • Should we continue to build nuclear power plants? Definition • Nuclear power is the use of nuclear reactions that release energy to generate heat • Obninsk – name of the first nuclear station in Russia https://upload.wikimedi a.org/wikipedia/commo ns/2/2e/Three_Mile_Isl and_nuclear_power_pla nt.jpg • 30 countries - 449 nuclear reactors • 11 percent of the world's electricity • 116 new reactor are planned worldwide Past • 1930’s • People imagination was running wild • 18% of energy produced Present • Only 11% • Disappointment Downside • Weapon • Poison: Plutonium – thousand of years • Disasters 118,613 118,661 37% 320,078 15,1% 48,606 37.1% 9.5% 30,524 3,677 1.2% Upside • Save lives • New technology • Replacement the energy • Reducing Co2 Conclusion • Downside - Weapon - Poison - Disaster • Upside - Save life - New technology - Replacement the energy - Reducing Co2 Use it cleverly Thanks you Source • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcOFV4y5z8c&t=47s • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEYbgyL5n1g&t=27s • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVbLlnmxIbY&t=72s • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7WPEYGr1Vs&t=1s • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power • http:// www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/current-and-future-gener ation/nuclear-power-in-the-world-today.as