The+Da+Lat+Local+Community+Group

** Policy Statement: **
Our policy statement is to support the idea of nuclear power. Our mission is also to persuade our local citizens in believing that Nuclear Power Plants benefit us and we this solution will be safe. This solution is a sustainable solution because we can reduce the amount of carbon dioxide by reducing the use of coal and many other solutions that have a waste product of carbon dioxide. Nuclear power produces more energy so we can also reduce the amount of power cuts. Every year we lose many kilowatts o this power solution will be very effective for our country.

**Our Poem:**
**Nuclear power produce ** **High amount of electrical energy ** **so it reduces power cuts ** **But ** **Dangerous ** **And can Explode ** **It is ** **Strong enough ** **so ** **Earthquake ** **Can't damage it ** **Finally a ** **Good power source for ** **community **

**Alternatives to Nuclear Power:**

 * Nuclear power uses nuclear energy to generate electricity
 * We risk many when we use nuclear energy, we have understood most of the risks but if we do not try using nuclear energy, the alternatives will be much harder to achieve.
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Solar energy, which is mentioned a lot as a substitute of nuclear energy is currently in work because the cost of this substitute to work. If we can think about the advantages and stop the fear from worrying us, we will be able to see the good side of nuclear energy.
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">The fuel is not expensive
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Waste is less produced
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">The fuel is easy to transport
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">No greenhouse and acid rain effects, reduced greenhouse gasses

<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">



**November 12, 2004**
**Vietnam sees need for nuclear plant, envisions domestic fuel cycle**

=
Construction of the country's first nuclear power plant with a capacity of between 2,000 MW - 4,000 MW is part of a plan to develop electricity in the 2004-2010 period, according to Associate Professor - Doctor Vuong Huu Tan, Director of the Vietnam Nuclear Energy Institute, in an interview with a Vietnam News Agency correspondent. The plan, he said, was passed by the Government on Oct. 5. A new Law on Electricity was approved by the National Assembly on Wednesday. The law includes a a power development policy. Nuclear power plants should be considered due to restrictions in tapping available domestic energy sources. Experts have considered the exhaustion of all hydro- and thermo-electric power plants and new energy sources such as wind and sun, and power saving policy. However, a shortage of electricity will still occur in the future, he said. By 2015, the country will lack eight billion kWh, which will increase to 36-65 billion kWh by 2020, 119-188 billion kWh by 2030 and 200-340 billion kWh by 2040.======

=
Vietnam will need to import fuel for the first phase of these plants' operation. Part of the fuel production process can be done during the localisation of this industry. Uranium deposit is a potential factor for the production. The development of nuclear power will facilitate the development of infrastructural facilities and the training of groups of scientists, technicians, and skillful and disciplined workers. It will also help develop research agencies and industrial and construction industries, thus meeting the requirements of industrialisation and modernisation.======

**Vietnam****s first nuclear power plants to be protected by 15m dike** Dr. Tran Van Luyen from the nuclear power plant project preparation board in Ninh Thuan province said that the strongest quake in Vietnam occurred in the northwestern region â€“ 6.1 Richter scale. Luyen said that the two nuclear power plants in Ninh Thuan will be designed to resist quakes 15-30 percent stronger than the strongest-ever quake in Vietnam so far. For tsunamis, the highest wave recorded in Ninh Thuan was 8 meters but the dike designed for the two plants will be 15 meters. Dr. Nguyen Nhi Dien, director of the Da Lat Nuclear Research Institute, said that the reactor in Da Lat can sustain quakes of 6-7 Richter scales and can automatically shutdown in emergencies. After the nuclear crisis in Japan, the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute have asked the Da Lat Nuclear Research Institute and the Hanoi Nuclear Science and Technology Institute to perform environmentally radioactive observation at their two national stations. According to Dien, the reactor in Da Lat is for research so its capacity is low, only 500KW thermo, while the reactor No.1 in Fukushima is 1,500MW. The third reactor, which exploded recently, is over 2,000MW. â€œ We should not be so worried because the safety of the Da Lat reactor and Fukushima reactor is different,â€ Dien said. He confirmed that environmental observation was performed weekly and monthly. After the crisis in Japan, it is performed every few hours. Dien said that after the nuclear crisis in Japan, the top priority in building nuclear power plants in Vietnam is choosing the right technology. There are nearly 450 reactors in the world, which use different technologies, and Vietnam needs to choose the best of them. On March 17, the Ministry of Science and Technology organized an urgent meeting to discuss issues related to Vietnamâ€™s first nuclear power projects. On March 16, National Assembly Chair Tran Dinh Dan said that the NA approved the nuclear power plants in Ninh Thuan and at this moment there is no change to that plan.

**Work Cited:**
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; line-height: 200%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;">English, VietnamNet PV. “Vietnam’s First Nuclear Power Plants to Be Protected by 15m Dike.” //Bao Moi//. N.p., Mar. 2011. Web. 31 Mar. 2011. < http://en.baomoi.com/‌Info/‌Vietnams-first-nuclear-power-plants-to-be-protected-by-15m-dike/‌6/‌123576.epi>. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; line-height: 200%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;">Everett, Paul J. //Nuclear Power Plant Michigan City//. 9 Aug. 2008. //Flickr//. N.p., 2011. Web. 31 Mar. 2011. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; line-height: 200%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;">Minh, Duc. “VNEEP - National Program on Energy Efficer and Conservation.” //6 Countries Compete to Build Nuclear Power Plant in Vietnam//. VNEEP, 1 Apr. 2011. Web. 31 Mar. 2011. < http://tietkiemnangluong.com.vn/‌en/‌activity-news/‌6-countries-compete-to-build-nuclear-power-plant-in-vietnam-31003-10492.html>. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; line-height: 200%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;">Paris, Jérôme à. “The Nuclear Option.” //Moon of Alabama//. N.p., 10 Apr. 2005. Web. 31 Mar. 2011. < http://www.moonofalabama.org/‌2005/‌04/‌the_nuclear_opt.html>. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; line-height: 200%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;">Schulin, Steve. “Vietnam News.” //Nuclear//. N.p., 2009. Web. 1 Apr. 2011. < http://www.nuclear.com/‌nation-by-nation/‌Vietnam_news.html>.

__ ** Home base: B5 110 ** __
=== ** 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. Da Lat already has a plant in place that is running, but that doesnï¿½t mean that the issue is closed. You want to know how safety works at these plants and you want to put questions to them about how and what they have in place to help the locals should an accident happen. So many farmers lost their crops as a result of the disaster in Japan. What protections will you have? ** === === ** 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. ** ===