5 Facts You Didn't Know About Nuclear Power

La nuclear industry it only transmits information that it considers positive and lobbies to maintain adherence and support. It does not provide complete and useful information so that people can form a critical opinion about its operation.

Surely you did not know that:

1. No insurer wants to insure nuclear power plants against nuclear accidents due to its high risk and the level of damage it causes, which would cause large economic losses when only a small accident or failure is unleashed. There is no insurance in the world for this activity.
2. In all the countries where there are Nuclear reactors they receive some subsidy or state aid to function, they are not self-sufficient and that is why they are more competitive against renewable energy. An example of this situation is that only in the US in just 2 years subsidies were paid for 20.000 billion dollars, while it is cut and discussed if there is money to subsidize or help others clean energy sources. Billions of dollars are spent to subsidize the nuclear industry in the countries where it is used.
3. Nuclear waste They are accumulated, locked up or even buried in various areas of the planet, there are a large number of nuclear cemeteries around the world and some sites that are not legal or authorized. Even some countries that do not have nuclear energy They agree to receive waste in exchange for money. But these places in general are built to withstand a maximum of 100 years and some waste has activity and danger that ranges between 300 years and 24.000 years with radioactivity.
4. The older a nuclear power plant is, the greater the risk of accident or failure. The oldest ones have been in use for more than 40 years and are located in the UK but there are quite a few older ones in Europe and the US As they pass the age of 20, the risk increases and controls and security must be further adjusted.
5. The nuclear industry creates few jobs for each plant as it requires highly skilled labor but minimal numbers of personnel. In all the nuclear power plants in the EU countries there are only 400.000 jobs.

The more the nuclear industry is known, the more we understand the risks it poses to the inhabitants of the planet. There is no need to expose yourself to them as it can be replaced by others renewable energy sources and really clean.