Persuasive Essay On Nuclear Power

The Nuclear Debate

Nuclear power it’s been a issue since the late 1940’s to the 90’s since the cold war was starting to be riled up between the U.S.A and the former Soviet Union, although the cold war is now over people are still debating if nuclear energy is a good source of energy or an evil source that will destroy the environment and make weapons of mass destruction. What i think is that we should pursue and develop nuclear energy more, but only for the sake of energy use.

One claim is that nuclear reactors can power hundreds of cities, even around 1 kilogram (2 pounds) of enriched uranium it has the energy output of around 1,500 tons of coal which is 12 million kilowatts per hour which can power most cities in Nevada. In all of the U.S. around 19% is nuclear but the U.S. still is dependent on fossil fuel since it’s 69% of the U.S.’s energy supply.

Around 3.5 billion tons of co2 is pumped into the air yearly, but nuclear power plants produce no co2 while functioning. Although nuclear power plants don’t pollute the air with co2 it can pollute with nuclear waste which most governments, especially in middles eastern countries that use nuclear power dump them in large cave systems far down the earth’s crust but it’s better than dumping the waste in the ocean.but there is an alternative researchers have been finding a way to reverse recycle toxic waste to use it as a fuel as