Against Nuclear Power.

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When I hear someone say "Nuclear Power," I don't think of a form of power, which won't run out as fast as oil and coal. I think of disaster, loss of money and death. Nuclear Power grew more than 700% in the 1970's and 140% in the 1980's. But as Nuclear power entered the 1990's it went from being the world's fastest growing energy source to the slowest, trailing well behind oil and even coal. Only four years ago, the world nuclear generating capacity fell by 175 megawatts!

One of the most well known nuclear disasters was the Three Mile Island accident on the 29th of March 1979. The accident happened south of Harrisburg PA. The failure of the cooling systems of the No. 2 nuclear reactor led to over heating and partial melting of its uranium core and production of hydrogen gas. Many feared an explosion or dispersal of radioactivity. Thousands living near the area left, before the 12-day crisis ended, during which time some radioactive water and gases were released. It endangered the lives of over 650,000 people in only a 20-mile radius. I know that things can go wrong to the best-designed and engineered things, but is it worth taking the risk of having nuclear power plants when one accident could kill thousands? Though the chance is slim that any accident will happen, when you take into account one of the worst nuclear disaster ever, the Chernobyl disaster which immediately killed plant workers and fire fighters, thousands more died later from the effects of the accident only 16 years ago.
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I feel the risk is too high for Nuclear power to be kept in use. It's not just the plants that put lives in danger there is the realism of nuclear terrorism and nuclear weapons! The United States alone has enough nuclear missiles to blow the world into smithereens. Then there's Russia, France, China, India and Pakistan. Billions of pounds could easily be ransomed if the wrong people capture a nuclear weapon. Terrorists are also know using nuclear weapons as a way. So is the threat of nuclear terrorism real? Was a deliberate attack on a nuclear facility ...

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