By: Stephen Wilber

Meltdowns Loss in coolant causes

fuel rods to overheat and would melt its way to the ground

Little pollution Coal lets more

radiation into the air than the nuclear power plants

It causes so much more pollution than the nuclear plants

Radiation You need 200 rems of

radiation to cause radiation sickness

Radiation from the power plants causes 2/10 of the radiation

You get about 200 millirems from everyday life

Reliability They only need little

fuel to power them

Waste Disposal The disposal of uranium is still radioactive for thousands

of years after use. There have been nuclear sites that have been constructed In months they are filled with the nuclear waste They can only use a limited amount every year so it

doesn’t overflow. The transportation of the waste is very risky Unknown variables may affect the containment vessels The risks could be very deadly

CONS PROS You can die from the

reactor core. There are sensors on

the dome of the reactor cores so it detects a leak in the dome.

There are barriers that protect from the intense heat

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