Manuscript Number : SHISRRJ203910

Nuclear Energy : Pros and Cons of Safety and Security

Authors(2) :-Dr. Manju Giri, Ravindra Kumar

Energy is a key input in economic growth of any country. There is a close link between availability of energy and future growth of a nation. Energy is consumed in a variety of forms and produced from variety of sources. Oil, Coal, Solar, wind and nuclear energy sources have become a permanent necessity of modern society. Nuclear energy has come to the forefront of these sources, because of its advantages. Nuclear energy is clean, safe, reliable, compact, competitive and practically inexhaustible. Nuclear energy is environmentally the most benign compared with other options for electricity generation. It is the only source of energy that can replace a significant part of the fossil fuels. Concerns about radiation effects, decommissioning, radwaste management and accident risks have been adequately addressed. Traditionally, safety receives the most intense attention of all aspects of nuclear technology. So Nuclear energy is a controversial topic. This paper is an attempt to study pros and cons of nuclear energy safety and security. Understanding the positive and negative aspects, a logical conclusion can be drawn in order to from an opinion on nuclear power that could change the world.

Authors and Affiliations

Dr. Manju Giri
Department of Physics D.S. College, Aligarh,U.P. India.
Ravindra Kumar
Department of Physics D.S. College, Aligarh,U.P. India.

Nuclear Power, Nuclear fission, Fossil fuels, Carbon emission.

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 2 | Issue 3 | May-June 2019
Date of Publication : 2019-05-30
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 167-169
Manuscript Number : SHISRRJ203910
Publisher : Shauryam Research Institute

ISSN : 2581-6306

Cite This Article :

Dr. Manju Giri, Ravindra Kumar , "Nuclear Energy : Pros and Cons of Safety and Security", Shodhshauryam, International Scientific Refereed Research Journal (SHISRRJ), ISSN : 2581-6306, Volume 2, Issue 3, pp.167-169, May-June.2019
URL : https://shisrrj.com/SHISRRJ203910

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