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Whether The Nuclear Power in India Should Be Phased Out? - Coggle Diagram
Whether The Nuclear Power in India
Should Be Phased Out?
Central idea
France is struggling to replenish its stock of aging reactors
The question here arises is that whether the nuclear power in India should be phased out?
Germany has recently shut down its last nuclear power plant
Global outlook
for nuclear power
Japan is restarting the blasted Fukushima Reacter
UK scaling up nuclear power
China has anyway been surging ahead on nuclear power
After the Ukraine war, nuclear power is seeing a renaissance, even in Europe and US
Why is nuclear
power preferred?
Energy security
Reduced air pollution
High energy density
Much less land required
Low greenhouse gas emissions
Issues with nuclear energy
Radioactive Waste disposal
High cost to build and maintain
Nuclear arms proliferation
Public protest over danger and disaster
Safety concerns
Concerns over
radioactivity
Accidents during transportation or storage
Spent nuclear fuel can also be used to create nuclear weapons ex. Plutonium
Requires careful handling and storage
Long-term disposal of spent nuclear fuel is also a major challenge
Spent nuclear fuel remains radioactive for thousands of years
Why India should never consider
phasing out nuclear power?
Firm, reliable and low-carbon power
Access to nuclear fuel
Net-zero emissions goal
Portfolio of technologies
Limited growth potential for hydropower