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Actually, the whole world is in trouble with nuclear power. The problem is that people are afraid, in some respects justifiably so, but in many respects, not. The issue is one of perspective.
The incidents at Fukushima Daichi are relatively moderate (by about a factor of 10) when you compare them to Chernobyl. What people don't seem to realize is that the 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami were beyond design basis for the facility. Yes, there is concern that a single incident (specifically, the tsunami) took out the emergency power systems, and I'm not trying to minimize that, but it was still beyond design basis.
The engineered safeguards that were in place did, in fact, protect the people from catastrophe. We should not underestimate that.
The reason that the whole world is in trouble, so to speak, is that it seems that we were just recovering from the negativity surrounding the Three Mile Island and Chernobyl incidents, particularly in the US, and that nuclear power was just starting to have a resurgence, when Fukushima Daiichi happened. Now, I'm afraid this is going to set us back another 20 years, and that is going to be costly, because, in point of fact, nuclear is the only viable option for energy, taking everything into account, including risk / benefit analysis, for the next 30 to 50 years.
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Does japan use only nuclear power?
No. Much of their power comes from coal.
Why does Japan want nuclear power?
because their is to much pollution there
How much danger are Americans in if the nuclear power plants in Japan melt down explode or expose fuel rods?
None whatever, unless they live in or are visiting Japan
How much of the uk's power is generated by nuclear power?
20% of the worlds power is generated by nuclear power
How much of nuclear power do you use in the US?
The US generates about 20% of its electric power from nuclear power.
How much of your power is made by nuclear power?
a lot
How much electricity is produced by nuclear power?
1.7% of Pakistan electricity is produced by nuclear power stations
How much did the us pay japan for the nuclear attacks on hiroshima?
Nothing
Did Japan have their own nuclear bomb research during the war in the pacific?
Yes, but it had not made much progress. It was still having trouble building and running cyclotrons to measure the properties of Uranium and Plutonium isotopes. The main problem being getting good high power high frequency vacuum tubes.
How much nuclear energy is used in Indiana?
Indiana has no nuclear power plants.
How much uranium is need to power a nuclear power plant for eighteen months?
Depending on: - the type of the nuclear reactor - the electrical power of the nuclear reactor - the type of the nuclear fuel - the enrichment of uranium - the estimated burnup of the nuclear fuel etc.
How much percent of Saskatchewan uses nuclear energy?
There are no nuclear power plants in that province
