Nuclear Pros And Cons

Nuclear power is used worldwide, but is put under the question as to if it is more beneficial than harmful. Nuclear power is the process of atomic reactions that produce a form of energy, in the United States providing about twenty percent of the country 's electricity. The controversy that pertains nuclear power use has been gradually escalating because some may believe that nuclear power plants are more harmful than safe and some may disagree of the matter. Nuclear power is questionable due to the controversy that revolve around concerns such as; safety, nuclear power plant accidents, radioactive waste, and nuclear proliferation. Nuclear power has been around with the use of nuclear power plants since the late nineteen hundreds. As said from a source used by Janna Palliser, “Worldwide, more than 400 nuclear power …show more content…
Nuclear proliferation is the spread of nuclear weapons, fissionable material, or any such weapon that obtains nuclear technology. Within Taylor’s article, it explains resistance to nuclear proliferation. He states that weapon-usable material should be less accessible to limit resources to reduce the production of nuclear weapons. Following the same concept, Steven E. Miller and Scott D. Sagan authors of, “Nuclear Power Without Nuclear Proliferation” suggest new ideas on the matter of how to reduce risks of nuclear proliferation. Their work was in hope to influence policy debates for the outlook of the future in global nuclear power use (17). Against the previous authors, Monteiro claims that what should be a focuss with nuclear proliferation is the security a state faces while developing nuclear weapons. The controversy over nuclear proliferation pertains the Treaty although, it is up the country as to how they use nuclear