Americans felt less safe after the accident at Three Mile Island. - APEX.
The accident at Three Mile Island
The Three Mile Island accident in 1979
As of July 2014, there are approximately 7 nuclear power plants. There are also 4 nuclear plants currently under construction.
The accident at Three Mile Island on March 28, 1979. Also, storage of the leftover nuclear materials became a problem as no state wanted it stored within their borders.
Earthquakes can damage the safety systems of nuclear power plants, which can lead to meltdowns.
There are 104 commercial nuclear power reactors in the US. See the related question below.
Currently, 100 nuclear power plants are operating the United States per the statistics of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as of April 2004.
The reason is that there are many people around the world who are uneducated in the nuclear power field and therefore still assume the stereotypical nuclear meltdown or mutations will occur and as such, oppose their construction vehemently. Also, it is quite expensive to develop and build such plants.
The high temperatures created by the nuclear fuel rods led to the buildup of hydrogen gas which ignited.
C. Y. Kimura has written: 'Evaluation of external hazards to nuclear power plants in the United States' -- subject(s): Environmental aspects, Environmental aspects of Nuclear power plants, Natural disaster effects, Nuclear power plants
Erik Storm Pedersen has written: 'Heat pipe thermionic reactor concept' -- subject(s): Thermionic converters 'Nuclear power project management' -- subject(s): Nuclear engineering, Nuclear power plants, Project management 'Nuclear power plant design' -- subject(s): Design and construction, Nuclear engineering, Nuclear power plants
The tsunami wiped out almost all of Japan knocking down many buildings such as skyscrapers and nuclear power plants that were operating in Japan. The tsunami destroyed the nuclear power plants and radiation leaked out which caused a raging panic among the people of Japan.
Nuclear power plants produce electricity by using nuclear energy