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Why Nuclear Remains An Attractive Source Of Energy?

Why Nuclear Remains An Attractive Source Of Energy

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Nuclear holds an immense potential in terms of energy production&period; Using a small amount of radioactive material as fuel&comma; nuclear power plants can produce more energy than thermal power plants that require ship-loads of coal&period; Due to the amount of energy produced&comma; nuclear energy remains cost competitive&period; Because the amount of fuel is very small&comma; fuel costs are a much smaller proportion of the entire generating costs&period; It is true that the cost of decommissioning and waste disposal can be higher with nuclear power plants&period; However&comma; the overall cost effectiveness is still much better&period; Nuclear energy remains competitive with various fossil fuel options&comma; such as gas and coal&period; The environmental and health costs of fossil fuels&comma;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">From the outset&comma; we can see that nuclear energy requires much lower amount of fuel&period; However&comma; the fuel requires a high degree of processing&comma; because we need to perform the enrichment and fabrication process&period; There should also be a proper management for the spent radioactive fuel rods&period; However&comma; the waste disposal process itself has also been industrialized and there are various uses for depleted uranium rods&period; Over the decades&comma; the costs of nuclear power generation continue to drop&period; Based on the current resources&comma; we have enough uranium for about 150 years in the future&period; There’s still a possibility that new uranium reserves will be discovered&comma; so we can be certain that nuclear power generation is still viable for another two centuries&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Japan was able to construct a 1&period;3GW nuclear power plant in four years&comma; which is a relatively acceptable time period&period; It is true that recent prices of fossil fuel tend to decline compared to five years ago&comma; but there’s no guarantee that the costs will remain lower&period; The competitiveness of nuclear power will continue to become quite attractive&period; Uranium as a heavy radioactive metal with its inherent instability offers a concentrated source of energy that’s relatively affordable and easy to manage&period; One kilogram of natural uranium could potentially provide the same amount of energy with the burning of 20 tons of coal&period; Spent nuclear fuel can be reprocessed and the energy can be recovered by using specific methods&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">It is true that the cost of handling the nuclear waste is quite high&comma; but we can be sure that the implications of burning many tons of coal are quite high&period; Nuclear waste storage is continuously monitored&comma; so any leakage can be detected and the overall level of radioactivity will be known&period; Because the amount of nuclear waste is relatively small&comma; it should be quite manageable and can be handled in a few facilities&comma; for each country&period; After the Chernobyl disaster&comma; there have been significant improvements in security&period; There are obviously a few mishaps&comma; such as in Fukushima&comma; but it is usually due to external factors&comma; such as earthquake&period; Modern nuclear reactors are durable and can already withstand many issues&period; Until the near mythical fusion power becomes a reality&comma; we will still depend on nuclear fission as a significant method to generate energy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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