Pros And Cons Of North Carolina Nuclear Energy

After researching and studying several types of energy and thinking about North Carolina, it seem that the best option for North Carolina is nuclear energy for many reasons. There are pros and cons for nuclear energy. However, all of the energy sourced that were researched had pros and cons. Nuclear energy is already being used successfully in North Carolina. Also, it provides almost 32% of the state’s energy already. It is also a fairly clean energy source. This is especially important since many counties in North Carolina the Environmental Protection Agency has repeatedly reported that several counties in North Carolina have poor air quality and pollution. There are no energy sources that are completely clean. Nuclear energy is clean in
Nuclear power plants do not release harmful carbon dioxide into the environment like the fossil fuels that are mostly used. Therefore, it can actually help with the problem of global warming around the world and even here. Nuclear power plants are also considered more reliable since they do not depend on the wind or the sun in order to produce energy. This means that nuclear energy can provide a more reliable base load of energy even when the demand for energy is very high like during the summer months when everyone is using their air conditioners. In North Carolina currently, nuclear power plants produce 90 percent of the state’s emissions free power already. So if we expand nuclear power plants that makes a lot of sense for North Carolina. North Carolina already has 5 nuclear power plants making us a major producer of nuclear power compared to other states. North Carolina also ranked fifth in 2011 in producing nuclear energy. North Carolina was responsible for 5.1 percent of the nuclear energy generated in the United States. However, most of North Carolina’s energy is still coming from the use of coal which is a fossil