A nuclear meltdown is a serious risk and could leave the land.
Is nuclear energy bad or good.
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There are many forms of energy that power our world.
As with any type of energy source nuclear energy does have its drawbacks.
Disadvantages of nuclear energy.
Throughout the history of nuclear power plants there have been a few major events that have occurred with the most well known one being chernobyl.
Although if you live in nevada you may not know much about that.
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Solar wind hydro electric fossil fuels and so on.
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Nuclear energy isn t just bad for the environment it s bad for our economy.
The good the bad and the debatable learn more about nuclear technology its benfits and its dangers.
The consequences of an accident however unlikely can be devastating and far reaching.
Nuclear power plants are expensive to build prompting wall street to call new nuclear a bet the farm risk.
Modern nuclear plants can produce electricity for just four cents per kilowatt hour including capital construction costs a good competitor compared to solar energy s 16 cents per kilowatt hour and coal s 9 cents kwh statistics courtesy of the epa nuclear energy institute nei and world nuclear association.
These are all viable but there s no fuel quite like nuclear energy.
Why nuclear power is bad.