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Advantages-
- Almost 0 emission (doesn't emit green house gases). It produces electricity without pollution
- Does not consume fossil fuels which are getting scarcer and more expensive,
- They can be sited almost anywhere unlike oil which is mostly imported.
- The advantage is a clean burning fuel that can provide energy for hundreds of miles at a time.
- The plants almost never experience problems if not from human error, which almost never happens anyway because the plant only needs like 10 people to operate it.
- A small amount of matter creates a large amount of energy... so there is little fear that we will run out of it
- A lot of energy from a single power plant
Disadvantages
- More expensive to build the plant,
- Waste products dangerous and need to be carefully stored for long time. If not contained can cause a lot of damage and spread (ie Chernobyl). The spent fuel is highly radioactive and has to be carefully stored for many years after use. This adds to the costs.
- Accidentally hiring incompetent workers.
- Waste is now contained in state of the art sealed containers and does not otherwise harm anyone. Radioactive waste that needs to be disposed from the plant isn't a good thing, there is no safe place to put it all (this waste will remain radioactive for an unacceptable amount of time).
- Nuclear power plants can be dangerous to its surroundings and employees. There has been a case where a plant has gone through a meltdown and as a result left people dead and its surroundings destroyed
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