“In 2014, nuclear power plants generated almost 20% of the U.S. electricity needs”. “Nuclear energy is used in more than 30 countries around the world and powered rovers on the Mars expedition”. Nuclear energy comes from uranium, a nonrenewable resource that must be maintained. It has multiple electrical purposes and continues to serve us with few problems. But, those few problems it does give us can be extremely dangerous and harmful to all living things. This article presents the pros and cons of nuclear power.
Nuclear power could be the ideal power source for most people. Nuclear power is considered clean because it has low Greenhouse Gas Emissions. The main advantages of nuclear power are it is reliable, powerful and effective as well as being cheap, which is a bonus. Advancement in technologies has made it a more viable option than other power sources. Many countries have made huge investments in nuclear power because of this. It has a low fuel cost because it requires only a little amount of uranium to produce energy; 28 grams of uranium releases as much energy as produced from 100 metric tons of