Nuclear energy Nuclear energy is always a hot issue to argue, however the same as other important issues many people give an opinion without having enough information. Quite frankly, I tend to think t

Alvarez

Nuclear energy Nuclear energy is always a hot issue to argue, however the same as other important issues many people give an opinion without having enough information. Quite frankly, I tend to think that, at least in Spain, the politicians use this issue for electoral purposes. To begin with anybody can deny that nuclear power plants are so far the most efficient in terms of production of energy. As a consequence the electricity bill can be cheaper and we enjoy the benefits. Another point is the pollution in the short term. Any type of efficient energy immediately have a direct impact on the environment excepts the nuclear energy. Environment is polluted by fumes (thermal power plants), floods of valleys (hydroelectric power plants) while the nuclear energy just increase a few grades the water nearby (is used to refrigerate the reactor). As we can imagine there are also a number of disadvantages that not can be overlooked. The first obvious disadvantage is the risk of an accident. This can be illustrated perfectly with Chernobyl’s accident. The experts say that with the proper revision and safety measures, the risk is almost nothing. However, the resolutions about these measures can be broken by certain countries for different reasons. Of course the nuclear power plant produces your own problem, the radioactive waste, which must be confined in disposal facilities that people don’t want nearby. Now there is a controversy in Spain about the building of a nuclear cemetery (dry cash storage) for high –level radioactivity waste. It’s a delayed project in spite of the fact that it’s a matter of urgency. Now Spain is paying France 40.000 euros a day (from 1994 to present!) because France temporarily keeps all the Spanish high-level waste. Unfortunately renewable sources of energy are not enough to maintain the current demand of energy. Despite this, there are interesting projects such as the first commercial solar power plant in the world, which produce energy all day (24 hours). I’m proud because it’s Spanish technology and I had the chance of visiting it.

Aug 1, 2015 8:39 AM

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Nuclear energy

Nuclear energy is always a hot issue/topic to argue/debate, however the same as with other important issues many people give an opinion without having enough information. Quite frankly, I tend to think that, at least in Spain, the politicians use this issue for electoral purposes.
To begin with, anybody nobody can deny that nuclear power plants are so by far the most efficient in terms of production of energy/energy production. As a consequence the electricity bill can be cheaper and we enjoy the benefits.
Another point is the pollution in the short term. Any type of efficient energy immediately has a direct impact on the environment excepts the for nuclear energy. The environment is polluted by fumes (thermal power plants), flooding of valleys (hydroelectric power plants) while the nuclear energy just increases a few grades the temperature of the water nearby by a few degrees (it is used to refrigerate the reactor).
As we can imagine there are also a number of disadvantages that cannot be overlooked. The first obvious disadvantage is the risk of an accident. This can be illustrated perfectly with/by Chernobyl’s accident. The experts say that with the proper revision and safety measures, the risk is almost nothing (virtually zero/practically non-existent). However, the resolutions about these measures can be broken by certain countries for different reasons.
Of course the nuclear power plant produces your its own problem, the radioactive waste, which must be confined in disposal facilities that people don’t want nearby.
Now there is a controversy in Spain about the building of a nuclear cemetery (dry cash storage) for high –level radioactive waste. It’s a delayed project in spite of the fact that it’s a matter of urgency. Now Spain is paying France 40,000 euros a day (from 1994 to present!) because France temporarily keeps all the Spanish high-level waste.
Unfortunately renewable sources of energy are not enough to maintain the current demand of for energy. Despite this, there are interesting projects such as the first commercial solar power plant in the world, which produces energy all day (24 hours) (which produces energy 24 hours a day). I’m proud because it’s Spanish technology and I had the chance of visiting it.

Well done, Alvarez.

An excellent and detailed piece of writing about a very interesting subject. I think when I hear the word 'nuclear' I automatically have a negative reaction to it, even though as you say, most people aren't very well informed. And of course, my opinion is solely based on Chernobyl.

Just for interest, here we say, 'The Chernobyl Disaster' to talk about this. It has become a sort of 'official' term to speak about what happened there.

Very well done and keep up the good work!

My corrections are written in blue and my suggestions are written in orange - none of those things were wrong, just things that make it sound more like what a native might say.

Regards

Leigh

August 1, 2015

Nuclear energy

Nuclear energy is always a hot issue to argue, however the same as with other important issues, many people give an opinion without having enough information. Quite frankly, I tend to think that, at least in Spain, the politicians use this issue for electoral purposes.
To begin with anybody no one can deny that nuclear power plants are so far the most efficient in terms of production of energy [better: energy production]. As a consequence, the electricity bill can may/could be cheaper and we enjoy the benefits.
Another point is the pollution in the short term. Any type of efficient energy immediately have has a direct impact on the environment except the nuclear energy. The environment is polluted by fumes (thermal power plants), floods of valleys (hydroelectric power plants) while the nuclear energy just increases by a few grades the temperature of the water nearby (which is used to refrigerate the reactor).
As we can imagine, there are also a number of disadvantages that not can (word order) can't be overlooked. The first obvious disadvantage is the risk of an accident. This can be illustrated perfectly with Chernobyl’s accident. The experts say that with the proper revision oversight and safety measures, the risk is almost nothing. However, the resolutions about these measures can be broken by certain countries for different reasons.
Of course the nuclear power plant produces your its own problem, the radioactive waste, which must be confined kept/stored in disposal facilities that people don’t want nearby.
Now there is a controversy in Spain about the building of a nuclear cemetery (dry cash storage) for high –level radioactivity waste. It’s a delayed project in spite of the fact that it’s a matter of urgency [there is an urgent need for it]. Now Spain is paying France 40.000 euros a day (from 1994 to present!) because France temporarily keeps all the Spanish high-level waste.
Unfortunately renewable sources of energy are not enough to maintain the current demand of for energy. Despite this, there are interesting projects such as the first commercial solar power plant in the world, which produces energy all day (24 hours). I’m proud because it’s Spanish technology and I had the chance of visiting to visit it.