The Pros And Cons Of Nuclear Power Plants

Sometimes being an environmental activist is not the easiest job in the world, but it is mostly fun if you make it that way. Each day differs. One day you might have people standing with you and shouting chants on the streets, or people bashing you and telling you, “you’re crazy”. As I have traveled across the world, I have had the pleasurable experience of meeting new friends and informing people of the cons of having a nuclear power plant in our world. I also have attended many protests, assemblies, and meetings, and have spoken at them. Everyone needs to be informed of how dangerous and unnecessary nuclear power plants are. Nuclear power plants are extremely unnecessary, expensive, highly dangerous, and etc. They can also have a serious

It is usually not too common, but many flukes have been happening since 1952. There has been over thirty-three reported nuclear power plant accidents across the world since 1952. The most known desolating nuclear accidents are; Chernobyl, Three-Mile Island, and Fukushima. Of course, there are abounding other nuclear mishaps that have happened around the world, but these were the most devastating. By far, the Chernobyl 1986 explosion, is the broadest nuclear power plant accident in history. The accident had an alarming INES level of 7, which is the highest level of a nuclear accident. In the explosion, there were some immediate deaths, but to this day the lives of people that have died due to Chernobyl are still counting. To add on, many people that have been exposed to high dosages of radiation, not only do they suffer illnesses, but their children might have serious birth defects. Those children might need expensive surgery, nuclear buildings are also very expensive. Why waste money on a building, when that money could be going towards research for better energy sources that will not have a devastating effect on mankind. There are many alternative energy resources that aren’t deadly. Also, nuclear power plants use non-renewable resources such as a rare uranium called U-235, that will eventually run