The Pros And Cons Of Nuclear Power

“Every dollar spent on nuclear energy is one less dollar spent on clean renewable energy and one more dollar spent on making the world a comparatively dirtier and a more dangerous place, because nuclear power and nuclear weapons go hand in hand” (Jacobson). Most countries today are becoming more and more dependent on nuclear power as a source of energy because of its high energy output and the availability of uranium used for fuelling nuclear reactors that generate power to provide electricity in households. Although using nuclear power as a source of energy has benefits like this, the danger posed by using nuclear power is too ominous.

In 1891, during the Second Industrial Revolution, Nikola Tesla discovered electricity. Electricity had been tried many times before but it was not successful. The Tesla coil was invented to

Nuclear power is an unsafe reactor due to uranium being unstable. No one is responsible for physical, environmental, or health damages in the cause of an accident due to all of the liability steps that need to be taken (Bennett). It pumps heavy metals and pollutants into the waters, to ensure that no radiation is being pumped into the environment along with thermal pollution. Nuclear power is an unsafe electricity source because it creates known and unknown risks to the earth.

As nuclear power is unsafe to the earth, it also causes many threats to the human population that could cause terrorism. Nuclear power could potentially be a terrorism threat. Shipping nuclear waste internationally poses an increased potential threat to interception to terrorism. Increasing the amount of waste shipped, particularly in less secure countries, is seen as a significant increase in risk to nuclear terrorism (Shedroff). Nuclear power could become a terrorist threat because bombs could be made out of the waste that is shipped over less secure