Pros and Cons of Nuclear Power Generation Due April 3 2018 C

Pros and Cons of Nuclear Power Generation Due: April 3, 2018 Cons Pros

Pros are

1.Relatively low cost-generating electricity from reactor is cheaper than electricity generating from oil,gas and coal althogh initial cost is high.

2.high energy-amount of energy release from in nuclear fission is greater than amount released from fossil fuel.

3.lower green house emission-compare to coal and gas nuclear offers the lowest green house emission.

4.economic impact-nuclear power provides vast benefit to the economy.There is a creation of job in the local community.

cons

1.environmental impact-uranium is used as a fuel source.This fuel is highly dangerous and radioactive.

2.History of nuclear accident-example are Fukushima incident in japan in 2011 and chenobyl incident.

3.Target for terrorism-nuclear technology in wrong hand can be a problem to the free world.

4.Not a renewable fuel source-nuclear energy is not a renewable free source.