Rough Draft Nuclear Power “The United States gets twenty percent of its power from nuclear power and we are left wondering, “Should we use more of it?” There are 75,000 hydro-electric dams and about 70 nuclear power plants located in the United States and they only produce about a third of what hydro-electric has. Although its high in producing power it has its downsides, one is the waste it gives off is very deadly, and two they are susceptible to meltdowns. Another downside is that they need a lake to operate. With nuclear power plants producing so much power the united states is/ rethinking discontinuing construction of power plants. The only problem is the though of waste and meltdowns there are about 500 coal fire power plants in the united states and with the 70 nuclear power plants they produce about 3 times of what coal power produce and with no pollution. With no carbon emissions this makes air safer to people who would be living in that area around the power plants. …show more content…
The power plant is located near Pripyat, Ukraine, at the time part of the Soviet Union.” Another meltdown was the “The Three Mile Island accident which was a partial nuclear meltdown that occurred on March 28, 1979, in one of the two Three Mile Island nuclear reactors in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United