The+Ninh+Thuan+Local+Community+Group

= Ninh Tuan Local Community Group =

(Soo Hyun, Mitsuki, So Hee, Vera)

Policy Statement
===As the Ninh Thuan Local Community Group we are concerned about the first Nuclear Power Plant that will be starting construction in 2013 in Ninh Thuan Province. Two power plants are said to be build 40 kilometers away from each other one with 540 hectares and the other with 556 hectares. Even though constructions are said to start in 2013, the power plant is planned to start working only in 2021 and 2022. === We are concerned that the power plant will affect the health of our family and community. We are also concerned that the environment will be affected. We would like to have a speak in how far the Nuclear power plants are away from the homes of our community and where the waste products will go.

**//If there was no nuclear plants//**
If there is no nuclear plant, The nature will be perfect. If there is no nuclear plant, There will be no nuclear waster. If there is no nuclear plant, We need another source, To produce energy for us. Bu if there is no nuclear plant, There will be less chance to destroy, Our sweet home earth. If there is no nuclear plant, There will be no nuclear waste, Which lasts for billions of years. If there is no nuclear plant, We will still be as one, With our sweet home earth.
 * //by: Mitsuki Tenranishi [[image:http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-orFGdR9dECc/TX9uxhsHRNI/AAAAAAAABoo/vBi9rjB49qA/s1600/600px-anti-nuclear-symbol.png width="306" height="296" align="right"]]//**

**RADIATION** 20km: Increase lifetime risk for cancer in 1 year 30km: Increase lifetime risk for cancer in 10 year 50 miles: Increase lifetime risk for cancer in 10~50 year 20km~50 miles: Increase lifetime risk for cancer in 1 year **NINH THUAN **
 * NOW:
 * BEFORE:(right after the accident)
 * Radioactive water has leaked. No.2 reactor holds 6000 cubic meters, more than two Olympic pool alone.
 * Construction of Vietnam's first nuclear power plant will begin in central Ninh Thuan Province in 2013
 * Two 4,000 megawatt nuclear power plants are to be built in Ninh Thuan Province's Ninh Phuoc and Ninh Hai Districts, around 40 kilometers from each other.
 * Phan Minh Tuan, head of the preparation committee for nuclear power, said Ninh Thuan Nuclear Power Plant No 1 will be built on 540 hectares in Phuoc Dinh Commune of Ninh Phuoc District.
 * The Ninh Thuan Plant No 2 will be built on 556 hectares in Vinh Hai Commune in Ninh Hai District. Its two reactors are expected to put into operation by 2021 and 2022.
 * Water resource: Sea, 40 km away.

Advantage of Nuclear Power
 * Nuclear power plants don't take up much space. This allows them to be placed in already developed areas and the power does not have to be transferred over long distances.
 * It doesn't pollute in a very direct way. It is cleaner than many other forms of energy production. This is in reference to greenhouse gas emissions which are released into the atmosphere. There is a waste product as described below.
 * Another advantage of nuclear power is that nuclear energy is by far the most concentrated form of energy, so it can be produced in large quantities over short periods of time.
 * The possibility for long term production is great since new reactors, where costly can be made when the old ones wear out. Oil reserves and other fossil type fuels are likely to run out at some point.

﻿Disadvantage of Nuclear Power
 * Nuclear Power generates radiation, which can be harmful or even fatal to infected people.
 * A nuclear meltdown can often occur which will release massive amounts of radiation into the community.
 * Extremely radioactive nuclear waste is produced by nuclear power plants. This stuff can’t be just thrown out. The US plans to move all its nuclear was to an underground dump by the year 2010. Currently it is stored in the plants.
 * Nuclear waste dumps can spontaneously combust without warning.
 * Nuclear reactors only last for about forty to fifty years. so where they are extremely productive. they break down and are costly to replace.
 * There are international dangers too- Some reactors produce plutonium which can be used to make nuclear weapons. If the whole world were to use these, they would have unlimited access to nuclear weapons.
 * Work Cited: (MLA CITATION) **

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__ ** Home base: Library projector room ** __
=== ** Your group members are not experts on nuclear energy, nor are you claiming to have all the answers. Your group has done some research so you are not going into this town hall meeting clueless. Your role is to ask the practical questions of all the other groups trying to push their energy solutions on your people and you want to make sure that whatever happens your families and your community are protected in the future. The National and local governments have asked several locals to take part in these discussions, and your group will be one of two present at this debate. You are not sure who the others are, but you believe strongly in the idea of strength in numbers. The government is very aware of the fear that has come up from this recent disaster in Japan, and this has led to an opportunity for many local groups to demand things from the people who are trying to bring their types of power to these Vietnamese communities. Your group will represent not only your community but all the others in the future that may have some type of power plant built nearby. ** === === **The organizations at this meeting know that if they cannot win over the local people to their plans for power in Vietnam in the future, then they may lose the support of the government. That means your role in the meeting is crucial. Ninh Thuan is one of the communities that is at the forefront of this debate because the newest nuclear power plant scheduled for Vietnam is planned for your area. That means that if the organizations at this meeting cannot convince you of the viability of their type of power, then you could really have a big impact on public opinion with how you vote in this debate.** === === ** Your community group has a very powerful chip to play. It is a veto chip that basically means that if your support cannot be won, the government will consider shutting plants down or not building them at all if you use that veto chip in the debate. The government is gambling that the local communities will not play this chip in the debate because they believe that the other interest groups will convince the locals that nuclear and other power sources are the best way forward for Vietnam. ** === ===**<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Is the government right? Will they win over your support? **===