Business, Thought, and Management Articles --- Nuclear Power --- Should the Nuclear Power Be Eliminated?
There are opinions that we should be without nuclear power. That says, we should abolish the nuclear power plants because nuclear power is dangerous, has concerns like accidents and radioactive waste, and it is not promising as an energy source.
There are opinions that we should be without nuclear power. That says, we should abolish the nuclear power plants because nuclear power is dangerous, has concerns like accidents and radioactive waste, and it is not promising as an energy source.
It is not good to completely abandon nuclear power as an energy source. Even if we have a lot of issues at present, they might be able to resolve by technology advance in future.
It will be an extremely promising source of energy if safer nuclear power is developed that do not generate radioactive waste (if possible), after cleared the issues of site workers and radioactive waste.
However, as long as we look at the current situation, we cannot necessarily say the nuclear power generation is the most promising.
Along with the nuclear accident, concession structure and management issues of power companies also come to be close-up then distrust to the nuclear power propulsion policy has spread.
It might be better to abolish nuclear power so that people can rest assured rather than continuing operation of nuclear power.
There are also opinions that we should continue nuclear power because if we quit it now the economy would collapse. We may not be able to quit immediately if it affects adversely to the economy.
However, it is not a good thing to indefinitely postpone the problem that is related to the future and give priority to the short-term economy.
We have find a good direction by decommissioning all the nuclear power plants and re-start from zero rather than continuing the current way.
Whether we should eliminate nuclear power. That is the problem that we should not give priority to short-term economic interests and structure, but the issue we should thinks to make the long-term future of Japan better aiming that people live richly and peace in mind.
Fission Energy
Nuclear power is basically the power generated by the nuclear reaction. Nuclear reaction has mainly nuclear fission and nuclear fusion. Nuclear power generation that is operating currently in commercial takes advantage of the fission energy of uranium-plutonium.
Atmic Reactor
Atomic reactor is the equipment to make continuously stable nuclear reaction. Fission will generate a large amount of radioactive substance with explosive energy. Nuclear power generation is to generate electricity using the heat energy by controlling the nuclear reaction in the reactor.
Power Generating Plant
Power generation plant will generate the power by the generator. In order to move the generator, you need the power. In the case of nuclear power plant, it creates the steam that was heated by the nuclear reaction energy, thereby turns the turbine.
Radioactive Waste
When operating nuclear power plant, radioactive waste will be made. Radioactive waste is waste that contains radioactive substances. Processing of radioactive waste has concerns of its risk and the impact to the environment, it has become a major issue of nuclear power.
Workers and Their Health
Those who supports the operation of nuclear power plant are the workers who work there. Workers sometimes have to work side-by-side with danger at high radiation area. And their health management is a big issue.
Safety Design and Quality Management
Fission energy is explosively large, nuclear reaction is dangerous accompanied by radioactivity. So, variety of safety design shall be applied to nuclear power so that any accidents or failures shall never occur.
Correspondence in Case of Accident
If the accident occurs in a nuclear power plant, it will have a significant impact on a wide range of people. Depending on the correspondence in case of accident, it can harm many people's lives and health, cause pollution in wide area and ocean, and will be criticized from the international community.
Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Plant
The nuclear power plant will be gradually aging by continuous long-term operation. Outdated nuclear power plants will have to stop the operation, and must be decommissioned. The nuclear power will also have a big issue for this "decommissioning".
The Future of Nuclear Power
How the future of nuclear power will be that have variety of issues? How the nuclear power should be? Let's think about he future of nuclear power here.
Should the Nuclear Power Be Eliminated?
There are opinions that we should be without nuclear power. That says, we should abolish the nuclear power plants because nuclear power is dangerous, has concerns like accidents and radioactive waste, and it is not promising as an energy source.
Future of Energy Policy
How our energy policy will be in future? What should we consider the use of energy from now? Let's think about the future of energy policy here.
