Why Nuclear Power?
People working in the field are optimistic about nuclear power
because
- The energy produced per amount of material consumed is the
highest available;
- Uranium-235 can produce 3.7 million times as much energy as the
same amount of coal;
- Costs are competitive with coal, the major source used in the
world;
- Uranium, the source material, is abundant;
- Plutonium, a by-product of commercial nuclear plant operation,
can also be used as a fuel;
- Nuclear energy produces less waste than any major energy
production process; and
- Nuclear power plants do not pollute our air by avoiding carbon
dioxide emissions.
