Power System Technology Questions Answers
1) discuss the advantages and disadvantages of: (a) coal-based generation, (b) natural-gas combined cycle generation, and (c) nuclear power
generation based on their environmental and production efficiency.
2) 2. Based on the discussion on Fukushima accident in 2011, please write your opinion on how such accidents should be avoided. Use the
understanding of nuclear pants safety restrictions and the nuclear regulations and safety.
3) Both nuclear fission and fusion are two important factors of nuclear generation. Please write your understanding of the future of both
technologies.
Here are Supplemental readings and video assignment: Nuclear Power Safety and Security that can help in understanding and writing the
research:
a. How to Deal with Increasingly Complex Safety-Critical Technologies: https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/how-deal-increasingly-complexsafety-critical-technologies
b. Thirty-three Years Since the Catastrophe at Chernobyl: A Universal Lesson for the Global Nuclear Power Industry:
https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/thirty-three-years-catastrophe-chernobyl-universal-lesson-global-nuclear-power-industry
c. What Exactly Happened at Chernobyl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvpS2lUHZD8
Paper format: single space, 12 pts, Times New Roman
