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Nuclear Energy Persuasive Essay

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Should the U.S. expand their use of nuclear energy? The U.S. should not expand nuclear energy use. In my opinion there have been so many natural disasters and cases of cancer caused by nuclear power that just shutting the process down and converting to other power sources would be our best bet. In this response I will show you how harmful nuclear energy can be to people living in and around the area.
My first and most important reason not to support this idea of nuclear use is radioactivity exposure to people in the area. Radioactivity can cause cancer, deafness, and blindness that can be avoided if we don’t expand nuclear energy use. Another reason is that it can cause natural disasters. Some of the natural disasters that nuclear power has …show more content…

I just don’t think it’s worth having some of the positives when there are chances of getting cancer or becoming blind if something were to go wrong in these plants, causing it to explode. That brings me to one of my first pros that precautions are always taken. People think just because precautions are always taken that if something goes wrong that it will all be okay, but that is definitely not the case. My second pro is that if something goes wrong actions are taken immediately. If you think that actions are always taken immediately when something bad happens you got it all wrong. Actions are definitely taken almost all the time but there are those times when you just can’t get there fast enough or that the backup doesn’t work like it’s supposed to. All the sudden you’re out of time and it has already affected everyone. My last pro is that used fuels can be contained till it’s not reactive. The problem with this is that wherever these fuels are contained you don’t know how well they’re contained, so you never know if the people are being exposed to the fuels.
In this response I showed you how nuclear energy is not a solution for the U.S. In conclusion I do not think it’s a good idea for the U.S. to switch to nuclear

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