Fukushima Nuclear Power Accident

Today, nuclear energy is one of alternative energy sources for human beings. For peaceful purposes, nuclear power is contributing to power generation as an alternative to our current natural resources. This alternative energy source may also reduce the productivity of natural resources we provide for world energy supply. In addition, the world's nuclear energy applications to supply energy demand can have many advantages and disadvantages. Since the construction of nuclear power plants does not require so much space and particulate gases of carbon dioxide and smoke do not pollute the atmosphere, the advantage of using nuclear power is certainly environmentally friendly.

A good example of how difficult it is to maximize three is Japan. Due to the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in 2011 (due to the tsunami caused by the strongest earthquake in Japan history), policy makers abandoned nuclear power and raised the safety of the Japanese citizens. Here is another angle. Natural gas contaminates half of coal, but import is much more expensive than coal so it is not common in Japan. Renewable energy such as sunlight and wind power seems to be a good choice, but the energy storage system necessary to compensate for them is expensive.

The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant disputes about the importance of the accident and its impact on the future of nuclear power. Due to the crisis in Fukushima, nuclear power producers examined the safety of nuclear fleets and reconsidered the speed and scale of planned nuclear expansion. However, Bill Johnson, Chairman and CEO of Progress Energy, said that "there is a more convincing case that more use of nuclear energy is an important part of a balanced energy strategy today" Mentioned. In 2011, "Economist" believed that nuclear power generation was "dangerous, unpopular, expensive, dangerous", "can be replaced relatively easily, can abandon". "Geoffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute, argued against and objected to the need to expand nuclear power to cope with climate change, and investment banks also criticized the nuclear problem shortly after the accident.

As of 2011, most people in Europe still remember the Chernobyl when newspapers, nuclear opponents or politicians are talking about nuclear accidents. However, this situation has changed as a result of the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident occurred on March 11, 2011. An earthquake of magnitude 0 caused a great deal of damage in northern Japan. The earthquake caused a huge tsunami, which caused the wave of 40 meters high to rise to the coast. The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on the Pacific coast suffered great losses due to the earthquake and tsunami. This is the most serious nuclear accident since the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident. On the second day after the earthquake, the workers discovered radioactive material leakage in front of the front entrance of the nuclear power plant. In order to reduce the pressure inside the nuclear reactor and hydro explosion, the competent authorities decided to spread radioactive materials into the environment.