Is nuclear power safe?

I am not in favour of nuclear power as energy source.

In my opinion every thing is enough for our need bet not for our greed, We or any handful of people don't have right to risk so many lives. The example of it we have seen in Japan after Tsunami. But it is our habit that till we didn't get trap in worse situation we didn't understand the risk and seriousness involved in it.

What we have seen previously that nuclear energy can take millions of people life within few fraction of seconds.

So, beside depending so much on the nuclear source we have to try to lower down our energy needs.

Due to our hungerness and madness of running fast and fast  we are leaving our ground day by day, Current example is god particle experiment, this is going on in order to find out more powerful substitute of nuclear power for that cause they are letting the risk of making earth in a black hole.

What madness it is, we need to rethink thousand of time to stop this power madness race which may lead to nothing but on a serious disaster after which there will no one to even weep on human race.

"" Man race will end because of its power hunger"" Or ""one or the other day it will cause the thermodynamic death of earth.""

Think Think Think........................

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I agree with the earlier comments, that nuclear power is safe is it is handled correctly. But it can have tremendous impact if the safety procedures are not followed or some accidents happen like what happen in Japan where the Tsunami causes severe damages to the power plant. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power

I hope so.  Nuclear power is not safe.  There is no place to safely dispose of the high level nuclear waste that is created by the tonage every year.  A typical nuclear power plant in a year generates 20 metric tons of used nuclear fuel. They store it onsite, for the most part, in pools of water. The pools of water are not an effective way to deal with high level extremely toxic and deadly nuclear waste. Nuclear power plants are highly dangerous and they are as deadly as nuclear weapons.  The nuclear waste doesn't recognize boundaries of countries.

The Fukushima Nuclear disaster in Japan is worse and bigger than Chernobyl was.  And it is still ongoing in 2013.  Nuclear radiation from that disaster is causing rising cancer rates in many places on the globe, not just in Japan.

Here are a couple of the points in favor of nuclear power: It steers clear of fossil fuels, releases less radioactivity than coal-fired power plants and is unaffected by the ups and downs of oil and gas prices [source: Hvistendahl]. With 440 reactors worldwide, only one -- Chernobyl -- has been classified as a "major accident" by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) [sources: Biello, World Nuclear Association]. And aside from Chernobyl, no one, from nuclear workers to the general public, has ever died from radiation exposure due to a commercial nuclear reactor incident [source: PBS Frontline]. That said, Chernobyl led to a 250 percent spike in congenital birth deformities, according to a 1995 United Nations report.

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What is safe unless we use it safely? Nuclear energy is very urgent as other natural energy resources are limited. But in this unrest world nuclear energy is being used as weapons. So it is not safe for most part of the world.

I think that nuclear power technology now enough mature, the nuclear power plant built in remote plain region will increase the safety coefficient

If nuclear power generation is so safe, then I'm sure you won't mind storing a few barrels of the waste in your basement or attic, right?  And, oh yeah, you might want to check with Japan or Russia for a second opinion.