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After cutting nuclear waste from my paper, that leaves reactor leak safety and plant security as the two main topics I'm covering. I was wondering, to those who read my paper, if there is one or the other you would like to see elaborated on.  Thanks.

Finished my rough draft, but I'm still hoping to perhaps find some more useful data on general radiation exposure from living near a plant. I would appreciate any suggestions anyone has.

Well, after running into a dead end with the LZR suit,  I have switched to nuclear power, with a focus on safety.  Since people often have a stigma with nuclear power,  I plan on arguing that it is a safe source of power. I have found a couple of good sources through OmniFile and Academic Premier, but I could use suggestions on finding books and other sources to continue to pursue the topic so I can prepare a new set of annotated sources. Also, I want to ensure that my paper does not overlap too much with Taylor Martin's, as we are looking at some similar subject matter. I would appreciate any helpthat could be offered to me.

 

This is my annotated sources entry.  The topic is the LZR Racer by Speedo. Unfortunately, as  I wrote this outline, I found that the number of quality sources quickly ran out, and that the NCAA's ban on the suit had been overturned, which could have been a key part of my argument.  So I'm wondering if I should continue with this topic, or should I type up another annotated sources entry this weekend for my backup topic, which is arguing in favor of nuclear power, and would definitely have a much larger base of sources to choose from.

So I have been browsing the catalog and databases for about an hour everyday this week, and am still struggling to find a few strong sources for one of my potential topics. I was wondering if anyone had had particular success with a resource, or could point me in the right direction. My potential topics are as follows:

Negative impacts of technology in sports

Potential economic returns of going back to the moon

Negatives of Solar Power in the short term.

Thank you.

Looking at solar power now, I want to focus on short term weaknesses. Something along the lines of "While solar power may one day be the power source of the future, it's current inefficiency and high costs prevent it from being a current solution to energy and oil dependency problems in light of the current economic conditions."  I would appreciate thoughts on to whether or not this could work as both a topic, and as a temporary thesis statement.

                My topic is the potential downfalls of solar energy.  Leo Marx's article "Does Improved Technology Mean Progress?", while not specifically about this subject, provides great insight into the broader themes of the topic.