Nuclear Power Nuclear power plants can be good and bad. The new power plants have nine inch thick walls that can withstand pressure of 2,250 pounds per square inch. “It serves as an important barrier for any radioactive material produced in the reactor core during the operation of the plant.” Nuclear power plants are good because it generates heat, and electricity. Although power plants are good, they can also be bad. Since power plants have been destroyed by tsunami’s waves, the Nuclear Regulatory commission mandated new safety rules to avoid for something like this to happen. Power plants now have emergency equipment on the fly. The power plants can also create beds of ice which can enclose the generators and prevent evacuation from radiation.