Nuclear Power is a Safe and Reliable Alternative

As high prices and awareness of global warming increase, alternatives to petroleum and other fossil fuels are becoming more common. Solar energy, wind energy, water energy, even geothermal energy is a means to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, but dependence on foreign oil is decreasing, but little mention is made. Simply referring to nuclear power, the image of the melting mushroom cloud comes to mind. Despite efficiency, safety and technology advances public opinion has changed little since Chernobyl and San Francisco.

There is much controversy over whether nuclear power has truly environmental safety. This article sets aside all questions and tells pros and cons of nuclear power. Alternatives to power supply in the United States: coal, natural gas, petroleum. Some people think they are not environmentally friendly. Some countries use nuclear energy as the main source of energy, while others use nuclear power to some extent. Where there is nuclear energy there is radiation.

Nuclear power plants are safe, clean and reliable sources of energy production. They are uniquely qualified to meet the growing energy needs of the United States. Electricity demand is estimated to increase by 2.5% per year. Even if future energy demand does not increase, it will continue to be the best choice for nuclear power generation. The cost of nuclear energy is cheaper than coal, environmentally friendly and currently supplies about 50 ... Nuclear power plants have been generating electricity since 1954. (O'Keefe, O'Brien, Pearsall, 2010) This is a very far-sighted technology that can change the world. Therefore, nuclear power generation is developing quite rapidly. Many new nuclear reactors were built in the US, Canada, Japan, several countries in Europe, and former Soviet Union. (Vanek & Albright, 2008) Therefore, nuclear power generation has produced a lot of electricity since 1970. Since then the oil crisis began in 1973, many countries

In the mid-1970s, SftP warned of promoting nuclear power generation as a safe and environmentally friendly alternative to coal. In May 1976, the organization announced a booklet asserting that the United States promotes the use of solar energy and other cleaner and cheaper alternatives to benefit the nuclear industry complex rather than general did. Especially after disasters like Sanli Island, in the 1980s SftP raised questions about the environmental safety of nuclear power and the toxic waste it produced.