What are some of the effects of nuclear power plants on humans?

Answer 1

The gross effects are the extremely long half life of nuclear waste and the necessity to transport and store it safely.

There is also the huge cost of decommissioning at the end of the useful life of the plant.

Recent disasters aside, nuclear plants offer a viable alternative to fossil fuelled power plants.

Answer 2

Might affect temperature of lake or river used for cooling. Obviously has a visual aspect, might spoil someone's favorite view. Sites should be chosen if possible where they don't have a direct effect on peoples surroundings. Will cause an increase in traffic on local roads, especially during construction, and may require unsightly temporary housing for the workers on site.

Answer 3

Go and ask your science teacher ;)

The nuclear energy does nothing bad on the environment if it is reserved. However, if it is developed to a nuclear weapon, it has a disastrous effect not only on environment, but also on the human beings.

Answer 4

Difficult to know what you have in mind. The core of the nuclear plant will remain after the plant is de-commisioned, so that is one effect, and the spent fuel has to be stored somewhere. Eventually it should be stored permanently in a safe place (Yucca Mountain Nevada?), or similar places in other countries. The uranium mining obviously makes some effect in the mining area.

Provided the plant operates safely through its lifetime, there will be little other effect.

Answer 5

Humans work in nuclear power plants for long periods without any harm, in fact they are well looked after and generally a healthy group of people, because such care is taken to monitor the working conditions. Compare this with groups who work in coal mines or steelworks. What you mean I think is the effect of ionising radiation, and the whole world knows this is dangerous. However nuclear power plants are built to such high standards that the potentially dangerous nuclear radiation from the reactor core is prevented from having any effect beyond the reactor boundary.

Answer 6

Production of electricity without emission of combustion gases

Answer 7

Very little-no greenhouse gases or other emissions

Answer 8

Only by thermal pollution of the river or lake used to provide cooling water

Answer 9

Only the thermal pollution to the cooling water source, but that would be similar for any thermal power station, not only nuclear