The Pros And Cons Of Nuclear Power Plants

The general attitude by the public towards nuclear reactors is that of fear or disapproval simply due to its name or the rumors. Nuclear reactors are merely devices that sustain chain reactions, in which only one of the emitted neutrons hits another nucleus to create fission. Though nuclear reactors cannot become a weapon or a bomb, some of the dangers relate to our lives to the extent that we may need to seek alternatives, as demonstrated by the reactors in Three Mile Island and Chernobyl.

First off, not disagree with the decisions of the president to drop atomic bombs in Nagasaki, Hiroshima. The reason why I disagree with the atomic weapons that were drawn in japan is because there were thousand of people who were killed, innocent peoples who died in that bomb drops. there were military men who died, but at the same time is was acceptable for united states to fight, and win the war. United states were discomforted the lost thousand of people, including military, 48,000 people from the united states, military, and innocent peoples. It was grave that the united states had thousands of life that are why they proposed the attack besides japan.

Actually only 2 accident in more than 60 years is a great statistic. Only Chernobyl has cost 32 life.(Comby, 2008, para. 12). Although, in modern mining, miner death per year is approximately 30 (Respiratory Protection in Coal Mines, 2012), people still afraid of nuclear more than the other energy resources. Nuclear energy is the most controlled and regardful energy resource. People afraid of nuclear, people afraid of radiation. However, radiation exists everywhere on planet. Just forget about planet, radiation is closer to people than they thought. "Most people are totally unaware of the fact that the human body itself is naturally radioactive" (Comby, 2008, para.18)

The global energy demand is increasing as years go by as there is a rapid growth of population in deed of power. Due to the high demand for energy, many people are opting to replace other forms of energy with nuclear power because of its safety, reliability, and sustainability. In addition, it is one of the cleanest carbon free sources of energy available in the world today. Nuclear power is the use of continuous nuclear fission to produce electricity and heat. However, there are a number of controversies over the use of nuclear energy with some supporting its use while others opposing the use of nuclear energy. Despite the controversy on whether to use nuclear energy as an alternative, nuclear power has proved to be safe, reliable, clean, and inexpensive. Therefore, Nuclear energy should replace other forms of power around the globe because it is more environmentally friendly, cost effective, and safe for use and to exist with human beings compared to other forms of energy being used today.

Nuclear energy has been around for only the last 100 years, which is why many people are apprehensive to use it compared to the more generic fossil fuels. One major difference between nuclear and fossil energy, is that there is a greater risk of potential and serious accidents when dealing with nuclear energy versus regular fossil fuels. A positive differences is that there is less risk for air pollution with nuclear energy than fossil fuels. It is hard to state which option is better because everyone has their own opinion and there own views on the pro’s and con’s of

Depicted in Bethesda’s game series, Fallout, we see how our future plays out. They have cars, buses, and locomotives all powered by nuclear energy. What if I told you that this could become a reality? As oil prices go up and the looming danger of greenhouse gasses and global warming increases, many people are looking for an environmentally safe option to produce power without having to expel greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere. Some say that we should use hydroelectric power because we have a large amount of water. Some say that we should use wind power because we can’t run out of wind. And other’s believe that we should depend on solar power to power and fuel our cars and houses. But I believe that we should use nuclear power for many reasons.

Energy is one of the most important things that necessary for people to sustain their life. Due to decreasing fossil fuels, people are looking for new energy sources. Thus, some scientists think that nuclear power plants are the solution of this issue; on the other hand, so many people are opposed to nuclear energy due to alternative and renewable energy sources. Thus, nuclear power plants should be banned because they have a high risk of explosion and people are concerned about its risks such as radiation scattering, pollution and diseases.

Nuclear energy may be the solution that eliminates our concern for energy production in the future, but it still remains a huge issue for the environment. Despite its wide use in many developed countries, nuclear energy poses many threats to both the

Bioenergy is one of the sources to reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) emission and as sources of fuels. Energy can be divided into two types that are renewable and non-renewable. Renewable energy is come from natural sources such as wind, solar and hydroelectric. This energy will not end and does not have limited sources. While non renewable energy is energy that comes from resources that will be ending at the end. Petroleum, coal, and natural gas are example of energy non-renewable energy. So that, as alternative to replace petroleum, the biodiesel from seaweed is used which it comes from sources of renewable energy. Besides that, when use petroleum, it will give many disadvantages such as greenhouse effect, global warning and increase composition of carbon dioxide (CO2) in atmosphere. An atmospheric pollution comes from petroleum diesel when their combustion gives a primer or source for GHG (Sharif et al., 2008). Biodiesel is defined as a fuel made up from monoalkyl esters of long-chain fatty acids derived from bio-oils, usually fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) and can be produced from vegetable oil (Speranza et al. 2015). Macro algae can produce the biodiesel and has a lower lipid compare to the microalgae (Sharif et al., 2008).

Power plants burn fuel to produce heat to generate energy; however, nuclear power plants use the heat given off fission to turn water into steam. Nuclear energy is without a doubt a great way to power our homes because, Nuclear power plants are safer than other energy alternatives. Nuclear plants are safer than other energy alternatives. Coal is responsible for five times more deaths than nuclear power plants, coal also causes over one thousands more serious causes of illness than nuclear. Nuclear plants produce steam while coal plants, heat water by burning coal that produces greenhouse emissions. Contrary to popular belief, nuclear power plants are unable to explode. Power plants use fuel that is thirty to ninety times too diluted to explode.

Can nuclear weapons destroy the entire humanity? Are nuclear weapons important for the international peace? Should nuclear weapons be banned? These questions are very relevant, because many people think that nuclear weapons are the most important problem of the modern world. They think that this weapon of mass destruction can instantly ruin the planet and kill all life on the planet. These people are right, because the quantity of our nuclear weapons available in the world are worryingly high. With that being said nuclear weapons help the planet stay at peace. I will focus on this issue in detail and take a look at the advantages and disadvantages of nuclear weapons.

Nuclear energy is something that we`ve all heard about. It carries risk and potential. When an atom (Uranium and Plutonium in nuclear power plants) is bombarded by neutrons, it can be split, causing fission. This fission releases more neutrons, which causes a chain reaction. Nuclear power plants use this use the heat that is created by fission to heat water that spins their turbines (“Nuclear Energy”). The potential is limitless, and it should be realized as they have low greenhouse gas emissions, are efficient, powerful, cheap and reliable. Positives outweigh the negatives, and we should keep on using nuclear energy.

Another man named James H. Rust who published a book called “Nuclear Power Safety” also agrees with Tucker that nuclear power should be on the fore front of science in todays society and not over looked because of all the safety concerns. Rust gives an honest opinion on what he wants the readers to get from the book and that is, “Given the fact that a reactor is not a bomb, and I hope the other chapters in this book will have at least convinced the readers of that one fact, there is still the possibility of escape of radioactive materials, both during normal operation and in case of accidents” (Rust, 36). Even a man who believes in nuclear power can not promise the public a completely safe nuclear plant that does not effect the people surrounding

Might I offer that now would be a good time to build desalination plants powered by LFTR technology that takes advantage of thorium as a potentially cheaper and safer form of nuclear power.

They are having second thoughts. In addition, the costly price of nuclear power plants and nuclear inflexibilty, meaning it has slow start up and shutdown hours. Finally, as I mentioned before, nuclear waste, a very hazardous