Sunday, January 10, 2010

Atomic Energy- Our Future Depends on It, Nuclear Energy- The Solution for Energy Requirement



Nuclear Energy is the need of present world. Nuclear power plants can generate huge amount of energy and therefore can solve our energy crisis without causing much environmental pollution. Fossil fuel( oil, coal and natural gas) supplies 86% of the energy requirement of the world. This source of energy, once used is lost forever and use of these energy cause emission of green house gases leading to environmental pollution. Other sources of energy like hydro-electricity, biomass and biofuels, wind power, solar power and zio-thermal powers are limited. India is in the sixth position in the world regarding production of these alternative source of energy. In nuclear energy, there is a huge possibility to meet our energy requirement.

What is the advantage of nuclear energy:

* Safety Records of Nuclear Power Corporation saying that nuclear energy is the cleanest of all.

* It does not pollute the world with green house gas emission.

* Initial cost to set a power plant is high, but the recurrent cost is much less. And the energy source is unlimited.

* Oil , coal and natural gases are bound to be finished in next 100-200 yrs, so it is the only logical solution to meet our energy demand.
India has half a dozen nuclear power plants (Kalpakkam, Tarapur, Kudankulam, Kaiga and in Rajasthn), but certainly we need more!

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