The threat of nuclear weapons maintains world peace. Nuclear power provides cheap and clean energy. The benefits of nuclear technology far outweigh the disadvantages. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

There are many benefits to nuclear energy. Military powers have used them to end wars and are still using them as a deterrent. Used for civilian reasons, nuclear energy provides electricity with no negative impact on the environment. Some people,

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, believe that the advantages of nuclear

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outweigh the disadvantages.

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, in my opinion, these are all misconceptions and I don’t support nuclear

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. Used as a weapon it has the most destructive

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. The effects of

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have consequences for years to come. The genetic material of human beings and

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plants could be damaged from exposure to

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. Restoring peace and rebuilding the country after a nuclear attack can be even more difficult. The

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can even affect people living in neighbouring countries. Today, nuclear weapons could fall

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the hands of the

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rogue states or terrorist groups. If used for terrorist purposes the consequences could be quite disastrous. As a source of energy for civilian reasons nuclear

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seems very attractive, but it is

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very dangerous. Accidents in nuclear

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plants have happened before in

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and more recently in Fukushima. Both accidents went totally out of control and destroyed the surrounding zones.

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to the risk of accidents, there is the problem of nuclear waste. It will keep producing

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for centuries and today we have no satisfying solution for the transport and

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storage of nuclear waste. For the

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reasons, I believe, that even if nuclear

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has enormous benefits, the dangers inherent to

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are so significant that they outweigh all possible benefits