Public concerns and the safety of nuclear power plants

The safety of nuclear power plants is a very contentious topic. In its content, this article contains some major pros and cons of nuclear energy operating in the world. Drawbacks include mainly negative externalities for natural environment, for example: economic consequences after reactor accidents, storage of nuclear fuel, often inexperienced management of the plant or danger of possible terrorist attacks. The most important, positive factor affecting the prospect of growth of nuclear power is its economics – that is to say, to produce a large quantity an electrical energy in short time and moreover lack of CO2 emission – the byproduct is an emission of steam. Economic policy assumes that building nuclear power plants should be based on the newest technology, which will ensure maximum safety of produced an electrical energy. Countries have to ensure that situations similar to the one in Chernobyl in 1986 will not happen again.