The Pros And Cons Of Nuclear Energy

Attention Getter: When most people think of nuclear energy, the first thing that comes to their minds is a devastating bomb explosion or a nuclear power plant meltdown. But, in reality, nuclear energy is a sustainable energy source that has an enormous variety of uses.

A continual struggle of humanity is the search for a stable foundation of resources. With

“No one in the United States has become seriously ill or has died because of any kind of accident at a civilian nuclear power plant.” says Joe Barton. This is a highly controversial topic where there are many conflicting opinions. Some people believe that these plants are too dangerous to exist while other think that they are the edge of tomorrow. When analyzing it from a purely statistical and analytical standpoint, nuclear energy is clearly worth the possible risks they pose.

Imagine a world in which millions of people are wiped out within minutes due to men’s desire to put their materalistic desires before the well being of others: this is the dangerious path we’ll be undertaking if nuclear energy is used to fill the void left if coal and gas were not available. There should be steps taken to make it unlawful to construct additional nuclear power plants in the United States because these power plants are extremely dangerious to our environment and people; it’s also unclear how radiation exposure can effect people in the long-term; and there are other sources of energy that are available, such as solar energy.

It is an element which is not found in the nature however it is a fissionable element. It is a by-product of the chain reaction and is very harmful if introduced in the nature. It is primarily used to produce nuclear weapons. Most likely, it is named as dirty bomb.” Even though nuclear radiation has some disadvantages it is only rivaled by the numerous advantages lower green house gas “ As per the reports in 1998, it has been calculated the emission of the greenhouse gas has reduced for nearly half due to the popularity in the use of nuclear power. Nuclear energy by far has the lowest impact on the environment since it does not releases any gases like carbon dioxide, methane which are largely responsible for greenhouse effect.”, power and efficiency “The other main advantage of using nuclear energy is that it is very powerful and efficient than other alternative energy sources. Advancement in technologies has made it more viable option than others.”, and reliability “Unlike traditional sources of energy like solar and wind which require sun or wind to produce electricity, nuclear energy can be produced from nuclear power plants even in the cases of rough weather

At this point, it may seem like nuclear power is just a slightly more dangerous method of producing electricity than a more commonly used method like coal-burning. However, environmental impact and efficiency are the areas where nuclear power shines the brightest. Feiveson (2009), a self-titled skeptic of nuclear power, wrote, “Compared to coal-generated electricity in particular, it [nuclear power] is relatively clean, producing almost no emissions” (p. 60). Because turning water into steam is the main method of producing electricity with nuclear power, it is apparent why nuclear power plants do not release very many toxins into the environment. Harrison, Hester, & Walls (2011) stated that during the normal functioning of a nuclear power

The nuclear power plant has no home in our new advanced environment. Once upon a time, nuclear energy was a well and efficient way to produce energy, but it's 2018, not 1951. Over the course of history, the nuclear power plant was one of the first ways of using energy for commercial use. Especially with so many new inventions like the TV coming out, such energy like nuclear energy was amazing. Yet in the 21st century, it is nothing but a nuisance to our clean environment. It causes too many problems and no solutions. That is why nuclear energy should be one of the last results for energy. More environmentally healthy and safer solutions should be pursued. The nuclear power plant is an inadequate way to harvest energy due to its waste, cost, and accidents, yet some would argue that it is an efficient way to obtain energy.

Pollution is another topic with both pros and cons. Fossil fuels release harmful pollutants into the air such as carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide. Nuclear power does not release any of those toxins into the atmosphere. However, a pollution problem with nuclear energy is thermal pollution, where a plant’s “hot effluents” are put into a nearby body of water, and raise the temperature by a small amount but enough to cause a disturbance in the ecosystem of the lake or reservoir. Nevertheless, this could easily be solved by cooling the effluents before releasing them into the water. The other problem facing nuclear energy is waste disposal. Nuclear waste is radioactive and very dangerous. Therefore, it must be kept buried and sealed up for a long period of time until the radioactivity dies [Plasma-Material]. One positive fact about nuclear energy that is not disputed is its abundance.

A website called Renewable Resources Coalition listed out some positive effects of nuclear power. There is a common misconception that nuclear power plants pollute a lot of toxins into the air. The clouds of smoke released from the plant is nothing more than water vapor. Nuclear energy releases the lowest amount of greenhouse gases. Sixty-two percent of the United States’ emission-free electricity is produced from nuclear energy (RRC).

Nuclear power has the highest efficiency rate of any of the other power sources, 92.2% of the power made is used. Although there is still a chance of failure there is such a small chance and compared to other power sources such as coal it is much safer. Like I stated above coal burning causes over 10,000 deaths per that is not even remotely close to the amount of deaths that nuclear power plants cause. Nuclear power plants aren't as bad as they are portrayed. You only see the bad that they cause, not the good that they do. Nuclear power is the way to

The burning of fossil fuels has been the main source of energy in the world for too long. It’s the worst cause of pollution in the world, it damages the ozone layer, and it kills people. Good thing there is another type of energy source we can use, Nuclear energy. Nuclear energy is a much more reliable source of energy. But like everything on this Earth there’s a bad side to it. The thing though is that the cons of Nuclear energy aren’t even that bad. For a person to start feeling symptoms of radiation exposure they would have needed to have been exposed to 0.25Sv and for death to occur above 10Sv. For instance, a year of radiation exposure from Nuclear Power Plants is 0.001Sv and radiation exposure per dental X-ray is 0.0004Sv. It would take 625 x-rays to start feeling effects of radiation and 25,000 to kill you. No one in their lifetime will take any amount of x-rays close to 625 and it would take 250 years of living near a Nuclear Power Plant to feel effects of radiation. So it’s safe to say no one is getting hurt from nuclear energy. Nuclear energy can be found from almost everywhere and is not going anywhere anytime soon, small amounts can produce much more energy than fossil fuels, and it only emits little to no greenhouses gases. If you ask me the better choice is obvious, nuclear energy is the better option. Nuclear energy is the better option and is more important because it helps fight against climate change, it is competitive relative to other electricity

One reason nuclear energy is good is because it is believed to be one of the most environmental friendly sources of energy. This is because nuclear energy produces less greenhouse gasses during production, compared to other traditional energy sources, like coal power plants. Research has also determined that half of greenhouse gasses have decreased since the start of using nuclear energy. This is because nuclear energy doesn’t release any gasses, such as methane and carbon dioxide, which are the primary “greenhouse gasses.” There is also no unfavorable impact on water, land or any territories because of nuclear energy. With all of this being said, this means that nuclear energy has the least effect on nature than any other energy source.

Mitigation of the climate change problem will require a transformation of world energy supply, in which fossil fuels are largely replaced by energy sources that do not emit CO [1]. Nuclear power is the use of nuclear reactions that delivers nuclear energy to produce heat, which most frequently is then used in steam turbines to generate electricity in a nuclear power plant. As nuclear power produces fewer greenhouse gas emissions during production of electricity as compared to other traditional sources like coal power plant, it is considered one of the most environmentally friendly sources of energy [3]. However, it is confronting with many challenges [2].

     Scientific confidence about the subject on the deep geologic disposal has been more difficult to apply to specific sites. Every high-level waste site that has been proposed by DOE discoveries of unacceptable flaws, such as groundwater flows or earthquake vulnerability, that could release radioactivity into the environment, this is not good for nature.

Nuclear energy has been successful in decreasing the pollution created by energy production. Energy production takes a tremendous tole on our environment, from the industrialization of western countries such as America and Britain, to the extreme pollution being expelled by China today, the amount of carbon being released is extremely harmful. Nuclear energy produces virtually no carbon emissions (World moving in Wrong Direction). This alternative provides a safe and environmentally friendly method to energy productive that hasn’t yet been utilized. Nuclear- generated electricity contributes little, on a life-cycle basis, to greenhouse gas emissions and could help drastically in