Question: Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they cast doubt on the points made in the reading passage. You have 20 minutes to type your response.

The article says that the nuclear energy must be used as the solution as the next logical step in the evolution of energy production providing three reasons of support. However, the professor says that thinking in the nuclear energy as a solution is a very premature idea and he opposes each of the author’s reasons.

First, the reading says that the fuel that powers the nuclear plant is cheap compared to the fossils fuels we currently use to supply most of our energy needs. On the contrary, the professor says that nuclear energy is not cheap. He says that to build a nuclear plant requires expertise. He also explains that there it is also needed more money to build the plant and to fund and emergency power plan too.

Second, the reading claims that the process of creating nuclear energy is relatively safe. However, the lecturer refutes this point by saying that accidents still happens. He explains that power plants accidents are devastating. That is the case of power a plant in Pennsylvania. It was released only small amount of radiation but the financial damage was huge.

Third, the reading avers that the hazardous radioactive waste generated by nuclear plants can be effectively managed. On the contrary, the professor, says that is not easy to manage the radioactive waste. He explains that during the reprocessing of Plutonium, one of the radioactive waste, it possess real danger to society, some of it remain underground and takes too much work to take off.