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Nuclearener gyinscienti
fi
ct ermsdef inedast hei nhaustible
energyder iv
edf r
om thenucl eusofanat om byt hepr ocessof
nucleusbr eakupt hr
oughnucl earfi
ssionandnucl earfusion.Like
fi
re,stream orelectr
icit
y,nuclearenergyi salsoasour ceofpower .
Buttheuseoft hispower f
ulener gydependsuponman, whether
tousei tconstructi
velyordest ruct
ivel
y .Ov erthey ears,scienti
sts
andr esearchershavebeent oilinghardt omaket hisener gyuseful
i
nagr icult
ure,i
ndustry,andtranspor tet c.
,withtheai m of
revampi nganent i
rel
ynewwor ld.
Nucl earener gyhast heabi l
i
tyt opr oduceel ectri
citywi thout
greenhousegasemi ssi ons.I tiscl eanert hanmanyot herf ormsof
ener gypr oduction.Essent iall
y,nucl earpowerwoul dbe“ car bon-
zero”i ftheur anium wer emi nedandt r
anspor tedi namor e
effi
ci entway .Itreleasesami l
li
ont i
mesmor eener gy, as
compar edt ohy droorwi ndener gy .Lar gequant i
tyofener gyis
gener atedf r
om asi ngl enucl earpowerpl ant.Nucl earr eact ors
makeuseofur ani um asf uelandpr oduceshugeamount sof
ener gyf rom smal lamount sofur ani um.TheEar thhast hehi gh
reser vesofur anium.Cur rentest i
mat esputt heur ani um suppl yas
enought olastf or30t o60y ear s.Mor eov erotherf uelcy clesl i
ke
Thor ium ar eav ailabl ef orpowergener at i
on.Wher eas, oi lreserves
andot herfossilty pef uel sar elikelyt or unoutshor tl
y .Nucl ear
powerpl antsoper ater eliablyandhav eacont i
nuousout putof
power .Thepl antsdonotgener all
yf aceoper ationsand
mai nt enancepr obl ems.Thenucl earener gyi sbyf art hemost
concent ratedf orm ofener gy,soi tcanbepr oducedi nl ar ge
quanti
ti
esov ershortper
iodsoft
ime.Producessmallamount
sof
wasteandwast eismorecompact.Anuclearpl
anti
snot
dependantonl ocalsour
cesli
keoi
landcoalandcanbesetupi n
anypartofthegl obe.
Nucl earpowerhaspot enti
alnucl earpr oli
ferationissues.Some
reactorsproducepl utonium whi chcanbeusedt omakenucl ear
weapons.Nucl earweaponsar eamaj orthr eattot hewor ldas
theycancauseal arge-scaledev ast ation.Ther ear eissueswi t
h
managementofr adioact i
vewast e.Thespentf ueli shighly
radioactiv
eandhast obecar efullyst or edformanyy earsafter
use.Anacci dentmaycauseamaj ordi sast erresulti
ngi n
thousandsofcasual tiesandr el
easi nghi ghamount sofr adi
ati
on
i
ntot heenv i
ronment ,exampl e:expl osionofar eactorat
Cher nobylNuclearPowerPl anti nUkr aineandmel ti
ngoft hecore
ofar eactoratThr ee-Mi l
eIslandi nt heUni t
edSt at
es.Nucl ear
energyi sanalternativeener gybutnotar enewabl eener gyas
Uranium isanon- renewabl esour ceandi tssuppl i
esare
l
imited.Nuclearplant smaybev uner abl etargetst oany one
want ingtodisr
uptt hepowersuppl y ,andt ohav equi t
ehor ri
fi
c
resultsandtodev astateanent i
rer egion.
Nuclearpowerdef initelyhav eit
sownadv ant
agesandbenef its.
Howev erIpersonallyf eelthatIt’
sdefi
nitel
yabaneasi tishighly
dangerous.Whati st heuseoft hispower ,
whenpeoplear e
suffer
ingfrom sever eheal thproblems.It’
snottoodif
fi
cul tt
ol i
ve
withoutpower ,
buti t’
sdi ff
icultt
ol i
vewithoutgoodhealth.Growth
ofTechnologyshoul dnotbeadangerf orhuman sur
vival.We
shouldwor kmor eonal ter
nat i
vessuchassol arener
gyand
hydroelect
ricenergieset c.