Summary
Many people may not have given much thought to nuclear power since Three Mile Island and Chernobyl sent the industry into a "deep sleep" some 20 years ago, but what was old is now new again. With the issues off global warming rising, nuke's boosters repurposed fission as a reliable low-carbon alternative to coal and natural gas. Investment "gurus" claim that uranium-mining stocks as the next big thing. Politicians look at nuclear as a possible solution to U.S. dependence on foreign oil. On the other side, the Sierra Club claims that the nuclear industry is no closer to finding a way to safely dispose of its long lasting radioactive waste than it was 50 years ago.
Evaluation
This article had a lot of infomation in it that I have never heard before regarding to glbal warming. It was very interesting to read about a possible solution to global warming that involves nukes. I though that the author was a crdible source. The article also showed both sides of the prespective. One from the side who agree that nukes can make a difference, and then on the other side they claim that the technology and knowledge is no closer than what it was 50 years ago. I think that the information the author gave was easy to understand, except it didn't really explain the process of the nuclear solution. Therefore, leading me to believe that maybe they aren't as far ahead as they are claiming to be. Overall, I think that this is a credible source, however not a lot of the information would be useful for a reasearch paper because there wasn't really any proven facts to use.
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