1) Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of: (a) coal-based generation, (b) natural-gas combined cycle
generation, and (c) nuclear power generation based on their environmental and production efficiency.
2) 2. Based on the discussion on Fukushima accident in 2011, please write your opinion on how such
accidents should be avoided. Use the understanding of nuclear pants safety restrictions and the nuclear
regulations and safety.
3) Both nuclear fission and fusion are two important factors of nuclear generation. Please write your
understanding of the future of both technologies.
Here are Supplemental readings and video assignment: Nuclear Power Safety and Security that can help in
understanding and writing the research:
a. How to Deal with Increasingly Complex Safety-Critical Technologies:
https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/how-deal-increasingly-complex-safety-critical-technologies
b. Thirty-three Years Since the Catastrophe at Chernobyl: A Universal Lesson for the Global Nuclear Power
Industry: https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/thirty-three-years-catastrophe-chernobyl-universal-lessonglobal-nuclear-power-industry
c. What Exactly Happened at Chernobyl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvpS2lUHZD8
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