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Three reasons why we should stop using nuclear energy.
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1. Nuclear Weapons Proliferation Nuclear technology made a violent entrance onto the world stage.
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Just one year after the world's first ever nuclear test explosion in 1944, two large cities were destroyed by just two single bombs.
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After that, reactor technology slowly evolved as a means of generating electricity, but it's always been intimately connected with nuclear weapons technology.
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It's nearly impossible to develop nuclear weapons without access to reactor technology.
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In fact, the Nuclear Non -Proliferation Treaty serves the purpose of spreading nuclear reactor technology without spreading nuclear weapons with limited success.
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In 40 years, five countries have developed their own weapons with the help of reactor technology.
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The fact of the matter is
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that it can be very hard to distinguish a covert nuclear weapons program from the peaceful use of nuclear energy.
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In the 1970s, the big nuclear powers were happily selling peaceful technology to smaller countries, which then developed weapons of their own.
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The road to deadly nuclear weapons is always paved with peaceful reactors.
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2. Nuclear waste and pollution Spent nuclear fuel is not only radioactive,
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but also contains extremely poisonous chemical elements like plutonium.
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It loses its harmfulness only slowly over several tens of thousands of years.
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And there is also a process called reprocessing, which means the extraction of plutonium from spent nuclear fuel.
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It can be used for two purposes, to build nuclear weapons or to use it as new fuel.
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But hardly any of it is used as fuel because we don't have the right kind of reactors for that.
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A milligram will kill you, a few kilograms make an atomic bomb, and even an inconspicuous country like Germany literally has tons of the stuff just lying around
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because reprocessing sounded like a good idea decades ago.
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And where will all the waste go?
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After dumping it into the ocean was forbidden, we've tried to bury it, but we can't find a place where it will definitely stay secure for tens of thousands of years.
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Over 30 countries operate nearly 400 reactors managing several hundred thousands of tons of nuclear waste
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and only one is currently serious about opening a permanent civilian waste storage, tiny Finland.
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3. Accidents and Disasters Over 60 years of nuclear power usage,
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there have been seven major accidents in reactors or facilities dealing with nuclear waste.
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Three of those were mostly contained, but four of them released significant amounts of radioactivity into the environment.
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In 1957, 1987 and 2011, large areas of land in Russia,
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Ukraine and Japan were rendered unfit for human habitation for decades to come.
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The number of deaths is highly disputed but probably lies in the thousands.
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These disasters happened with nuclear reactors of very different types in very different countries and several decades apart.
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Looking at the numbers, we may as well ask ourselves, are 10 % of the world's energy supply worth a devastating disaster every 30 years?
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Would 30 % be worth another Fukushima or Chernobyl somewhere on Earth every 10 years?
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What area would have to be contaminated so we say no more?
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Where is the line?
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So, should we use nuclear energy?
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The risks may outweigh the benefits and maybe we should stop looking into this direction and drop this technology for good.
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If you want to hear the other side of the argument or a short introduction to nuclear energy, click here.
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Wichtiger Wortschatz in diesem Video
15 lernenswerte Wörter aus dem Video, mit Aussprache und Bedeutung:
| Wort | Aussprache | Bedeutung |
|---|---|---|
| reactor Substantiv | /ɹiˈæktɚ/ | Reaktor |
| disaster Substantiv | /dɪˈzɑːs.təː/ | Desaster, Unglück |
| ton Substantiv | /tʌn/ | Tonne |
| element Substantiv | /ˈɛləmənt/ | Element |
| violent Adjektiv | /ˈvaɪ.ə.lənt/ | heftig, gewaltig |
| entrance Substantiv | /ˈɛn.tɹəns/ | Eingang, Einfahrt |
| connect Verb | /kəˈnɛkt/ | verbinden |
| dispute Substantiv | /dɪˈspjuːt/ | Streit, Disput |
| civilian Substantiv | /sɪˈvɪl.jən/ | Zivilist, Zivilistin |
| usage Substantiv | /ˈjuːsɪd͡ʒ/ | Verwendung, Benutzung |
| explosion Substantiv | /ɛkˈsploʊ.ʒən/ | Explosion |
| generate Verb | /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.ɹeɪt/ | generieren |
| pollution Substantiv | /pəˈluʃən/ | Verunreinigung, Verschmutzung |
| deadly Adjektiv | /ˈdɛdli/ | tödlich |
| happily Adverb | /ˈhæp.ə.li/ | glücklich, glücklicherweise |
Grammatik in diesem Video
Die Strukturen, die der Sprecher am häufigsten verwendet, mit den genauen Worten aus dem Video:
| Struktur | Im Video |
|---|---|
| Passiv be + Partizip Perfekt – wichtig ist, was geschieht, nicht wer es tut | were destroyed · is always paved · was forbidden |
| Present Perfect have/has + Partizip Perfekt – eine vergangene Handlung, die jetzt noch wichtig ist | it's always been · have developed · we've tried |
Aussprache, auf die du achten solltest
Der Sprecher verwendet 3 Kurzformen und abgeschwächte Formen, zum Beispiel can't, don't, we've. Sprich sie in der kurzen Form, so wie du sie hörst.
- Die Laute „sh“ und „zh“: explosion /ɛkˈsploʊ.ʒən/, pollution /pəˈluʃən/, distinguish /dɪˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃ/, extraction /ɪkˈstɹækʃən/, habitation /ˌhæb.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/
- Lange Wörter – auf die Betonung achten: electricity /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɪsɪti/, radioactive /ˌɹeɪdioʊˈæktɪv/, contaminate /kənˈtæmɪneɪt/, habitation /ˌhæb.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/, inconspicuous /ˌɪn.kənˈspɪk.ju.əs/
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