Emission of carbon is the worst nightmare of the environment which could not be tolerated anymore.
Leading to a dreadful state of the environment, emission of carbon from burning of fossil fuels and other energy resources highly contribute to climatic change which has an adverse effect on all organisms in the world. Fossil fuels, the highly dependent energy source which is almost used 60% and have left with scarring environment, leaves the future with minimal energy resources to dwell upon.
Scientists, environmentalists and policy makers are trying really hard to find alternative energy sources which produce less carbon emission or zero carbon emission. The slow shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources (Solar, thermal, biomass, geo-thermal, wind) is one considerable energy revolution aiming for a clean and clear environment with minimal carbon emission.
In the line of energy transition, nuclear power seems to have caught the attention of many countries in terms of energy sources.
Unlike fossil fuels, Nuclear energy is produced by nuclear fission which has minimal carbon emission.
The aspect of no carbon emission has included nuclear energy into consideration of dependable at the same time harmless energy source. Delivering energy sources at high capacity, nuclear energy can highly be trusted for reliability which is the need of the hour. Releasing less radiation, compared to other energy resources, is another important aspect of nuclear power to rely on.
On one side it is the quality aspects and reliability to depend on nuclear power, but on other side huge risk of manmade accidents that have long term effects on humans and environment that pose as a great threat to depend on nuclear power. World have already witnessed worst accidents in nuclear power plants in the history. Three-Mile Island in Pennsylvania, Chernobyl in Ukraine, and Fukushima in Japan have shown the world the hazardous nature of nuclear power plants. Hiroshima and Nagasaki are living examples of nuclear disaster. The radiation from the nuclear explosion is worst enough to have its effect generation after generation. This could also lead to altering the ecosystem and world’s climate.
Having both pros and cons, nuclear energy when it is set to a disaster without proper plant setup and monitoring, it is the worst case affecting world’s climate and ecosystem. Considering nuclear energy as a part of energy transition may be beneficiary, but the threat it poses are abysmal and the effects of it cannot be replaced or recovered.
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