Nuclear Energy

Nuclear energy is America's third-largest source of electricity after coal and natural gas. Nuclear plants produce electricity by boiling water into steam which spins turbines. To create nuclear power we use uranium fuel which contains solid ceramic pellets, and the process is called fission. Nuclear energy is a renewable source and it produces no greenhouse gas emissions. The problem with nuclear energy is the radioactive waste it produces which takes years to finally decompose and the accidents that may occur.

In the article, "Before We Close More Nuclear Power Plants, We Need A National Conversation" (Fox News) it explained the problems with nuclear power in the U.S. More nuclear power plants are closing due to "sluggish demand for electricity, the onset of cheap natural gas, electricity markets that do not sufficiently value low- or zero-carbon electricity sources and an aging, constrained transmission system." There are also public concerns on disasters.  I feel like most of the U.S. does not care about clean energy and the world deteriorating. Everybody cares about natural gas too much and that is not renewable. Like I said in my other posts non-renewable sources should pay higher taxes, and more money should be going to renewable sources to create better carbon-free energy technology. If we shut down more nuclear power plants, we would be taking away thousands of jobs and the CO2 will increase dramatically.
In another article I read from US News was called "Despite New Plants, Nuclear Future Still Decades Away." We have just opened two brand-new nuclear energy plants! This is great news. We have not created a new power plant in 30 years and now we have two new ones! But it did cost 15 Billion which is a lot of money, but was totally worth every penny because it makes peoples energy bills go way down and it is clean electricity. There is a future in nuclear energy and the U.S. Department of Energy sees this. They are allotting 450 million to two new projects which will take about ten years to complete. The Environmental Protection Agency is now trying to make laws for stricter emissions limits for coal-fired power plants. It will make coal producers to install new technology which will make the price of coal go up by about 75%.
Even though there are many doubts about nuclear energy it will one day surpass coal as the biggest producer of electricity and the world will be a much cleaner place to live.