There are so many different types of energy, and one of the best is Nuclear Energy. The problem with Nuclear energy is that we still have more advances to make in the field, and not everyone is on board. But nuclear energy can be extremely effective, such as the fact that a fingertip of Uranium can output the same amount of energy as 5000 barrels of oil. So why are we still using other energy sources instead of nuclear energy?! Well the problem is that nuclear energy can be extremely difficult to harness, but we are getting there.
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A group of environmental were extremely against Nuclear energy. They thought it was dangerous. For good reason as well, the history of nuclear energy has never been positive, with nuclear disasters and nuclear weapons. However through time they realized that much of data they used to base their beliefs were gathered through inadequate experiments, and overall there were too many misconceptions. Looking at the Chernobyl incident, even though many look at it as Nuclear energy being dangerous, it was the fault of the designers for the accident. Inadequate structure and design lead to the structure melting as the temperature rose.
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The reason why a Nuclear Reactor is truly renewable is because you can use the waste from a Nuclear Reactor as an energy source for the Nuclear Reactor again. This is called a 4th generation reactor, even though it is still a work in progress, it is very possible. Technically you would eventually run out, but a single reactor can run for a very long time, hundreds of years using this waste. It’s like using using a single orange to get several glasses of juice. Using the pulp and leftover residue, and squeezing more juice from it. It will be a revolutionary change. Then in addition to this nuclear reactors in general can last anywhere from 60 to 100 years, and this number will only rise as time goes on, and technology becomes even better.