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
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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
Should nuclear energy be used? Throughout the article “Nowhere to go”, the author objectively reviews the use of nuclear energy, using the text and graphics to provide details that demonstrate the advantages and disadvantages of its use. Nevertheless, the consequences of using nuclear energy outweigh the benefits. One of these consequences is that working with nuclear energy can cause many health problems. The text states, “Dangers include radiation sickness, cancers, and other health problems. High level radioactive waste can present hazards ‘for a million years or more,’ Kamps says.” This means that using nuclear energy can cause health problems for future generations.
Despite the fact the countries continue to increase the production of nuclear energy, my position is that new nuclear power plants should not continue to be built. The current use of nuclear power should be carefully evaluated with a plan to slowly decrease production throughout the world. The negative implications to the environment and economy support my position.
Thesis Statement: The United States should drop fossil fuel power electricity and incorporate nuclear energy.
There are many different opinions on whether we should continue to create nuclear energy or we should stop it. Some of the positive aspects are there has been no fatalities at nuclear power plants. Another one is nuclear power plants generate 20% of today power. Also nuclear energy is a clean power source with no pollution. Some negative aspects are creating these plants cost a lot of money. Another problem is we are running out of places to store waste. The waste puts off nuclear radiation
The United States must re-examine many policies previously accepted as reasonable, especially its own national energy policy. As the largest overall and per capita energy consumer in the world, the U.S. needs to decide upon a reasonable source of energy for the foreseeable future, especially since its energy needs will increase dramatically during that time. With political instability likely to remain the norm in the Middle East, oil continues to be an energy source of questionable reliability; in addition, current estimates of worldwide reserves suggest we may in fact run out of oil entirely in the next fifty years. Natural gas reserves are in fairly short supply too, and costs limit its
Should the United States use Nuclear power? Over the years whether nuclear power should be allowed or not has been a big issue. Nuclear power should not be allowed in the United States because it can cause harm to the environment, it can lead to the creation of nuclear weapons, and nuclear power costs a lot of money.
Our argument is, should the U.S. invest in nuclear energy? My partner and I believe we should not. The United States has been thinking about the detriments and the benefits of Nuclear Energy. Nuclear energy is a strong demand by many countries. Nuclear power is good for saving energy and contains the greenhouse gases that are released into the air everyday. The atom, is where nuclear power is stored. In the 1940’s, the Argonne National Laboratory was assigned the lead role in developing commercial nuclear energy. They were assigned this by the United States Atomic Energy Commission. Nuclear Power Plants most of the time, use fission to produce electricity. Despite all of this, nuclear power can also have a downside. This is the part we will be focusing
In my opinion i think we in the United States should use Nuclear power plants.There is so many safeties and good benefits and so many more positive things that can come the Nuclear power plants. About Thirteen percent of the world's electricity comes from Nuclear power plants that emit little to no greenhouse gases. In the United States saves twelve billion dollars each year for energy costs. These Nuclear power plants actually emit fewer radioactive materials into the environment than a traditional coal burning plants. The main benefit of Nuclear power plants are that it is more efficient than burning fossil fuels as the amount of energy released from uranium per gram is much more than the fuels such as oil or coal approximately eight
The Nuclear energy path can lead to gargantuan devastation, colossal costs, and possible terrorism threats, hence Nuclear Energy should be abandoned.
Therefore, the U.S. policy toward nuclear power is decidedly a national security issue. But, unfortunately, today in in the United States, the future for nuclear energy is not bright.
Personally, I believe there should not be a nuclear power plant built. Overall the cons outweigh the pros. The plants are too expensive and impact the environment too heavily. Although the actual energy may be cheaper, the cost to run and maintain a plant is very high, and not to mention the cost to store the nuclear waste. The possible risks associated with it are too great and honestly very scary. Although the immediate effects don’t seem horrible, the long lasting effects are too
As a result of the current global warming issues and the ever growing scarcity of our current energy resources we may be forced to resort to nuclear energy. The Department of Energy has already given its support to energy companies who have decided to construct nuclear power plants. It appears that nuclear power is the right course to take, but before this decision is finalised it is important to weigh the multiple advantages and disadvantages of nuclear power. There are many pros and cons, but they weigh up almost equally which makes it a hard decision to choose the right course of action, nuclear power or non-nuclear power.
Opponents argue that another accident will happen and they do not want to go through another accident like Three Mile Island or Chernobyl. Greenpeace has said that the use of nuclear power would “result in a
Nuclear energy could be the solution to the world’s energy crisis. Already, France produces more than 75 percent of their energy from nuclear power plants. And in 1955, another town near Arco, Idaho fulfilled all of its energy needs through nuclear energy. While nuclear energy could be the key to unlimited energy, some people argue that their are too many disadvantages, or dangers that come with nuclear energy. Nuclear energy has been a major debate, and will continue to be until the dangers and disadvantages virtually disappear.
People say that using nuclear energy for commercial use is a disadvantage because it is dangerous. However, compared to the other sources of energy around the world, nuclear energy is not nearly as dangerous as people make it