The Pros And Cons Of Nuclear Power Plants

Nuclear power plants have many flaws and risks, and analysing the Fukushima incident this can be noted. An earthquake caused the boiling water reactors to lose off-site electrical power, and the subsequent tsunami formed an inundation which produced an general black out, losing all control systems, safety mechanisms, etc. the first thing that happened is that they took on account the seismicity of the place, not the probability for tsunamis. With no energy they didn´t t have the energy to cool the excess heat. They tried pumping water, but there wasn´t any emergency procedure for the event. Again, the lack of information. They had to decide to ventilate to remove the steam, even if it liberated radiation. In reactor one, they delayed this because people didn´t know how to do this, and when they finally knew how to go near the ventilation valves. It was too hazardous for people to o near. The spent fuel pools didn’t have any indicators to know where the water level was, if there were to catch on fire, which would have caused a greater disaster. There were 3 reactor core meltdowns, 3 hydrogen explosions that ruptured reactor buildings massive releases of radiation into the air and water, over 150,000 had to flee their homes and many on going environmental hazards

But there is still a long way to go. The design, procedures, precautions, etc. must change in order to be more accurate when preventing