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Nuclear energy is a better choice for meeting increasing demand, agree or disagree?

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Some argue that nuclear
power
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 should be adopted as the major
energy
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 source to satisfy the world’s rocketing demand for electricity. In my opinion, nuclear
power
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 is indeed a relatively more appropriate choice,
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, there are
also
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 potential danger involved. Nuclear
power
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 has a major environmental benefit. Many nations have been using nuclear
energy
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instead
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 of coal-fired alternative sources to generate electricity, which is positive to the air quality and the climate, because nuclear plants do not emit gases conducive to global warming, acid rain, or urban smog.
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, in 2013, Chinese nuclear plants have avoided fifty million tons of CO2 emission that would result if the electricity were produced by fossil fuels.
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, nuclear
energy
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 has high productivity and no climatically and geographical limitations. Nuclear reactors, which only require a relatively small amount of land, utilize a small quantity of feedstock input (Uranium) to generate huge amount of
energy
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 continuously.
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, to obtain an equivalent renewable
energy
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, an extensive solar farm or countless wind turbines and a much longer time are required,
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, these
power
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 plants have to be built on certain
landforms
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 and operated in suitable weathers.
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, it is undeniable that nuclear plants may be dangerous in some circumstances. The principal risks associated with nuclear
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 arise from radiation, which can penetrate deep inside
human body
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the human body
 to damage biological cells and thereby initiate a cancer.
Nuclear leak
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The nuclear leak
 may
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 occur during catastrophic natural disasters or because of human error. In 1986, a nuclear plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine experienced a tragic explosion due to operator error.
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 resulted in
enormous international spread
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the enormous international spread
 of nuclear leak, which is still radioactive after decades. In conclusion,
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 the world should accept nuclear
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 as an
energy
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 source which is superior to other ones in many ways, it should
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 be noted that there are risks of
this
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 technology.

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