Advantages of Nuclear Energy
· Nuclear energy will last longer than coal and oil, when coal and gas becomes scares nuclear energy will still be able to produce power for humanity, though not indefinitely.
· Nuclear power plants use uranium, which produces an enormously more energy than coal or oil.
· Nuclear energy does not produce much carbon dioxide and omit greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, like those of burning fossil fuels from coal and oil, preventing global warming.
· The technology of producing energy is readily available and reliable.
· Nuclear energy is not expensive to make.
· Nuclear energy produces small amounts of waste, though the waste is extremely dangerous.
Disadvantages of Nuclear Energy
· Nuclear energy can be used to create weapons which produce radiation that makes people very ill. People fear that the advancement of nuclear energy will also advance the use of nuclear weapons.
· If the nuclear power plant has a “meltdown,” which is the loss of controlling the fission reaction of the atoms, it will lead to a nuclear explosion and the emission of large amounts of radiation.
· The life of a nuclear power plant may only last for approximately 60 years.
· Nuclear reactors produce nuclear waste, which contains heavy amounts of radiation. The touch of the nuclear waste is deadly and is stored in cooling pods at the nuclear power plant, where it is active for thousands of years.
· Nuclear energy uses uranium, which is not a renewable source of energy.
· Nuclear energy will last longer than coal and oil, when coal and gas becomes scares nuclear energy will still be able to produce power for humanity, though not indefinitely.
· Nuclear power plants use uranium, which produces an enormously more energy than coal or oil.
· Nuclear energy does not produce much carbon dioxide and omit greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, like those of burning fossil fuels from coal and oil, preventing global warming.
· The technology of producing energy is readily available and reliable.
· Nuclear energy is not expensive to make.
· Nuclear energy produces small amounts of waste, though the waste is extremely dangerous.
Disadvantages of Nuclear Energy
· Nuclear energy can be used to create weapons which produce radiation that makes people very ill. People fear that the advancement of nuclear energy will also advance the use of nuclear weapons.
· If the nuclear power plant has a “meltdown,” which is the loss of controlling the fission reaction of the atoms, it will lead to a nuclear explosion and the emission of large amounts of radiation.
· The life of a nuclear power plant may only last for approximately 60 years.
· Nuclear reactors produce nuclear waste, which contains heavy amounts of radiation. The touch of the nuclear waste is deadly and is stored in cooling pods at the nuclear power plant, where it is active for thousands of years.
· Nuclear energy uses uranium, which is not a renewable source of energy.
References:
Nuclear energy. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://library.thinkquest.org/3471/nuclear_energy_body.html
Time for change. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://timeforchange.org/nuclear-energy
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