Brief 4 - Message Delivery/ Research: FACTS

This post will look at the facts that will be used or could be useful when creating info graphics or the text and image combined piece. Its been interesting reading different fact sources because the way they word the fact really affects the connotations it implies. For example on site wrote "Nuclear energy comes from uranium, a nonrenewable resource that must be mined." which is written in such a negative light, where as another site could have written "nuclear energy is sourced from uranium which is in ample supply and the quantity used means it is almost infinite" Both say the same things but in different ways to support their argument. Because the posters will aim to open people's eyes to the nuclear power options the facts below will focus on a positive light.

• Nuclear power emits no carbon dioxide.

• World wide nuclear energy avoids on average 2.5 billion metric tonnes of carbon dioxide per year.

• nuclear power facilities can produce energy at a 91% efficiency rate 24/7  whilst still having lowest emissions.

• There are now 430 nuclear power plants in 31 countries.

• They provide 13.5% of the worlds electricity.

• All you see at the top of the cooling tower is steam.

• 6,702 million metric tonnes of CO2 equivalent was released into the atmosphere in 2011.

• 1 in 5 households and business in the U.S. are electrically powered by nuclear energy.

• A nuclear power plant must shut down every 18-24 months to remove its used uranium fuel, or radioactive waste.

• The peace symbol was initially an anti-nuclear weapons symbol.

• Nuclear power plants are more efficient than coal or other fossil fuels and renewable energy.