A presentation by Jeric Macalintal during the 2nd Major Kindergarten Talk (January 2011)

1. Nuclear Energy:The Power to Save the World…and possibly the Philippines, too. LEAPS KG 2011

2. Topics: Climate Change The Basics of Nuclear Energy What it can do for the Philippines What you can do

3. Climate Change and CO2 Emissions

6. Clean

7. Cheap to operate

9. The Basics of Nuclear Energy There are elements in our universe whose masses are not the sum of their parts. (Uranium, Plutonium) It’s like saying that when there are 2 pigs separately weighing 50kg each , They weigh 120kg when they are together! It’s the magic of the Universe. These elements are created by Supernovae and Stars in a process called “nucleosynthesis”

10. So some things are heavier than they should be… okay now what? E = mc2 10kg 10kg 50kg 50kg 50kg 50kg 120kg 50kg 50kg

11. In terms of nuclear fission… One Uranium-235 isotope has a measured mass of 3.9029953 × 10-25kg while the sum of the masses of the protons and neutrons that make it up is only 3.90226633 × 10-25kg . That’s a mass difference of around0.000729 kg! When the Uranium isotope was built together by the supernova, it took in energy and converted it to mass, When you split this Uranium isotope, you release that mass in its original form – Energy. 1kg of U-235 holds about 20,000MWh of energy That’s like a 2MW power plant running all-year long! 1gram of U-235 = 2 tons of coal or 32 Barrels of Oil ($0.15 ) ($246) ($3,200)

12. How Nuclear Power can help the Philippines

14. Most of the rivers that can be exploited for hydroelectricity have been exploited.

15. The largest biomass plants are about 150MW, with exception to some unproven technologies

16. Wind and Solar Power are too intermittent and small to address the supply shortage.

17. The only clean, large-scale, and cheap solutions left are Geothermal and Nuclear power plants.

19. Cheap power plant = cheap power bill = higher economic growth Suppose we refurbished and reactivated the 620MW BNPP today… At current electricity spot market rates, (with demand peaking at around 6,500MW on peak hours) The electricity prices can go down from 5.00 Php/kWh to 2.00Php/kWh! Households currently pay about 10Php/kWh, BUT with the nuclear plant, your generation charge will lessen by 3Php/kWh. Currently, 1000kWh/ month ~ 10,000 Pesos per month. But with the nuclear plant, you will only need to pay 7,000 Php per month.

20. A nuclear plant will also be: a boon to the scientific community More Jobs for scientists (Health Physicists, Chemists, Sociologists) More fields for R&D - Radioactive Waste Storage, radiation safety a bane to corrupt government officials Since it only needs to refuel once a year, and it uses cheap and little fuel, it is a hard target for graft and corruption, as opposed to Coal Plants. a source of national prestige. We will lead SE Asia once again, and be the center of nuclear technology in this region.

21. Please do your part!

22. As a Filipino, and as a responsible citizen of this World… It is your right to question the validity of the claims made regarding Nuclear Power….

23. And you have to be informed. Look for hard facts before believing any claims made about nuclear power. Don’t join rallies unless you believe that the causes behind them are based on facts and not hearsay Learn more facts about nuclear power. The technology is proven but waste management has many hurdles facing it. A Reactor Meltdown isn’t the same as a nuclear explosion. An explosion in a nuclear plant is never going to be a nuclear explosion Chernobyl happened because of a faulty Russian Reactor design which is not in use anymore.

31. THANK YOU!