Post debate reflection
My Group was for the motion, nuclear power is a clean source of energy and should be used nationally including the four corners area. Going into this debate was easy for me because I was for the motion. Through this entire project I kept getting more and more interested into nuclear power so when I was debating for my side it was what I wanted. I started to really like nuclear power because iw as interested in how it worked. Instead of just burring coal or nature gas there is and entire process that I had no idea about. Once I figured out about nuclear, I knew it was the best choice. During the debate I found that of course talking about in situ mining was my stingiest because I researched it, while my most interesting was my talk about thorium. Thorium was a weaker argument though because I didn't know as much as I did about mining. The opposing groups strongest argument was nuclear meltdowns and Chernobyl. I wish i could have researched thorium reactors better so i could have talked about them more and so I could just know more about this cool technology.
During the debate I talked about mining for uranium and how in situ mining was quiet effective and left little behind in both radiation and environmental. Overall my sense of place did effect my view in one way. I see all these huge power plants and all the smoke they put out and what they do to the land while i see a nuclear power plant take up barley any space and see water steam go up. It made me figure out that i would rather live next to a nuclear power plant that a coal power plant. for my debate it went mostly well besides my opening statement where i lost my train of thought and I was just silent foe a good 10 seconds. I wish that I had a big outline so i could have stayed on track more than loosing my spot. Also a couple facts where off with me. I said there were no thorium reactors currently running. The truth is that there are 7 in the process of being created, with 5 of them running at one point or another in time. Lastly i dint know what happens to uranium tailings. Uranium tailings are stored underground most of the time and are dangerous if left to dry out above ground.
During the debate I talked about mining for uranium and how in situ mining was quiet effective and left little behind in both radiation and environmental. Overall my sense of place did effect my view in one way. I see all these huge power plants and all the smoke they put out and what they do to the land while i see a nuclear power plant take up barley any space and see water steam go up. It made me figure out that i would rather live next to a nuclear power plant that a coal power plant. for my debate it went mostly well besides my opening statement where i lost my train of thought and I was just silent foe a good 10 seconds. I wish that I had a big outline so i could have stayed on track more than loosing my spot. Also a couple facts where off with me. I said there were no thorium reactors currently running. The truth is that there are 7 in the process of being created, with 5 of them running at one point or another in time. Lastly i dint know what happens to uranium tailings. Uranium tailings are stored underground most of the time and are dangerous if left to dry out above ground.