lab report - coal vs nuclear

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Name: Jennifer Schneider               

 

Date: 3/2/2016

 

Instructor’s Name: Meiko Thompson

 

Assignment: SCIE211 Phase 4 Lab Report

 

Title: Analysis of Energy Sources

 

 

 

Part I:

 

 

 

Energy Source

Fuel (Coal)/Uranium Needed (tons)

CO2 Emissions
(tons)

Sulfur Dioxide and Other Emissions (tons)

Radioactivity mSv (millisievert)

Solid Waste (tons)

Accidents

Quarter 1

Coal

625,000

1.75 Mil

75,000

0.25 mSv

150,000

 

Nuclear

18.750 / 7.5

52,500

0

0.005 mSv

125

 

Quarter 2

Coal

1.25 mil

3.5 mil

150,000

0.5 mSv

300,000

Health impairments

Nuclear

37,500 / 15

105,000

0

0.0075 mSv

187.5

 

Quarter 3

Coal

1.875 mil

5.25 mil

225,000

0.75 mSv

450,000

Worker fatalities

Nuclear

56,250 / 22.5

157,500

0

0.0075 mSv

187.5

Minor Emissions

Quarter 4

Coal

2.5 mil

7 mil

300,000

1 mSv

600,000

Fire destruction

Nuclear

75,000 / 30

210,000

0

0.01 mSv

250

Catastrophic releases leading to radiation sickness, death, and environmental contamination

 

Part II:

  • Purpose
    • The main purpose of the lab is to analyze the impacts associated with the use of coal-fired and nuclear power plants in electricity generation analysis will help determine which current energy source is primarily better for human sustainability.
  • Introduction
    •  
  • Hypothesis/Predicted Outcome
    • My hypothesis is that nuclear power is better for human sustainability. In the sense that, it is cleaner and safer for the environment. As with coal, releasing toxins into the atmosphere. Nuclear power doesn’t have nearly as many harmful effects. And, nuclear power is more reliable and stronger.
  • Methods
    •  
  • Results/Outcome
    • Provide here any results or data that were generated while doing the lab procedure.
  • Discussion/Analysis
    • In this section, state clearly whether you obtained the expected results, and if the outcome was as expected.
    • Note: You can use the lab data to help you discuss the results and what you learned.

Provide references in APA format. This includes a reference list and in-text citations for references used in the Introduction section.

Give your paper a title and number, and identify each section as specified above. Although the hypothesis will be a 1-sentence answer, the other sections will need to be paragraphs to adequately explain your experiment.

      When your lab report is complete, post it in Submitted Assignment files.

 

 

 

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