What is a good conclusion for nuclear energy? It is an opinion paper on what you think about nuclear energy.?

I'm afraid my opinion is rather opposite yours. Even before global warming hit the public consciousness, nuclear power was SAFER than the alternatives.  Yes, safer.  The USA had exactly one major accident which trashed a reactor core, but killed no one and probably harmed no one.  We had more people killed in SUGAR PLANT EXPLOSIONS THIS YEAR than we've ever had killed by commercial nuclear power in the USA (Russian problems with crappy designs don't count). Three Mile Island is the bogeyman, but the harm it did was not from operating, but from NOT operating; when TMI went off-line, more coal had to be burned to make power.  The sulfur and fly ash emissions from coal cause measurable numbers of deaths, which can be counted up.  The coal power to replace TMI doubtless killed a number of people. Today we're not just worrying about fly ash, we also have: - Mercury emissions from coal causing toxic fish. - Billions of tons of carbon dioxide emissions from coal. - Thousands of acres of ash dumps. - Paradoxically, coal plants emit more radioactivity as uranium, thorium, radium and radon from the coal than nuclear plants are allowed to emit. Unless we're willing to pull back our electric energy consumption by about 90% (50% coal, 20% natural gas, 20% nuclear) we're not going to be able to limit carbon dioxide and get rid of nuclear power.  We are going to use more of it, and IMHO the risk of an accident is much less than the guarantee of flooding our coastal plains if we don't use it.

Nuclear conclusion... here goes. I did an school assembly speach on it 20 years ago. so i will try to remember.. We have quite a good mastery of that technology and we are getting better at keeping the genie in the bottle, although accidents do and will happen. The problem is that as more accidents occur we take the risk of affecting our dna and this can affect generations down the line. As computer control systems become more reliable then the theory is that it will get safer. BUT the biggest problem is the Bi product and how it is used. - The fast breeder reactor produces weapons grade plutonium. This wouldnt be a problem but humans seem to be hell bent on finding and using ways to destroy other humans more efficiently. So in the political climate that the world is in at present nuclear energy is not safe, not because of leaks but because it produces weapons at the same time. Its a bit like giving a baby a gun. We are not yet intelligent enough as a species to controll ourselves when it comes to dealing with conflicts. Shame.