Mrs.Miller
ELA 7th Grade
1 March 2016
Many years people have been mining 370 meters under the earth to find uranium and make nuclear energy, and the after result is nuclear waste. Nuclear waste is a problem we had for decades. The 3 Mile Island is one of the biggest nuclear problem we, and yet barely any of the nuclear waste got out it caused a huge amount of damage to the environment. Not everybody will agree that nuclear waste can be used for good because nuclear waste did take many lives and caused a lot deformities. People can use nuclear waste to help humanity. Nuclear Energy can fuel rockets to mars and it will only take a grain of nuclear energy to go that far, so nuclear-related things have potential. As UW TODAY stated”Only …show more content…
Humans are another reason why nuclear waste is so dangerous. Terrorists can cause a nuclear waste leak in the strorages though many state nuclear power plants are safe terrorists can still break into them and make a leakage. Nuclear waste does not go away that easily. It stays in the earth for like hundreds of years. Many organizations are spending a lot of money trying to make faster reactors and make the process go faster. Deformity in animals is another huge concern because when U.S dropped nuclear bombs on japan earless rabbits were born in japan and it was common for awhile. Many plants and insects were deformed too, like the Fukushima. It was growing another pair of …show more content…
But this theory has many problems too. The launching of the nuclear waste is too much money and there is a chance that the nuclear waste might leak out of the rocket and cause another nuclear-related tragedy. Leaving nuclear waste above ground is getting investigated in places like U.K,U.S.A,France,Netherlands and Switzerland. All those countries are using this method but no special equipment is made for it other than nuclear waste storages. Another way of getting rid of nuclear waste is by rock melting. The way they do it is that they get a nuclear waste storage and they bury nuclear waste underground. The really hot temperature makes the harmful chemicals not as harmful. Even though it sounds good, it has it’s downsides too. Putting a very toxic substance underground can contaminate crops and soil and even more. It can also mix with any underground water ways so it is very risky to use this method. Sea disposal is very common knowing that 12 countries use it. They have many tools for this method but it is not recommended by international agreements. Many living things are in the sea. So contaminating it with toxic liquids is very risky as