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Nuclear power plants currently provide about 17 percent of the world's energy, yet how much of the sides present and potential environmental issues does Nuclear Power contribute to? Nuclear power has both strong enemies and friends but does the underside line drop to prices? The December 2005 World Nuclear Association report The Newest Economics of Nuclear Power says that Nuclear energy is price competitive with other forms of energy generation, except where there's direct use of low-cost fossil fuels. The requirement for inexpensive energy can't be suggested when weekly price increases are announced from all the gas and electricity companies in the UK. The Ukraine recently had their fuel supply ended by Russia, how long could it be before this happens to the UK? Do we not want to be self-sufficient as it pertains to the technology of energy? May alternative energy not commence to take a larger part in this offer?

The report continues to state that fuel costs for nuclear plants are a small proportion of total generating costs, although capital costs are more than those for coal-fired plants. At the NIA 2006 launch of the Commissions position paper on the role of nuclear it confirmed that nuclear is a low carbon technology by having an outstanding safety record in the UK and Nuclear could generate large quantities of energy, lead to stabilising CO2 emissions and increase the selection of the UKs power supply. While we've an extraordinary record of safety in the united kingdom, Chernobyl has proved that a nuclear incident tens and thousands of miles away can influence the UK for decades to come. Problems were also caused by the Tsunami at Nuclear Power plants around Asia as the plants are designed near the sea due to the large amount of water needed to cool the rectors. close window