However, these wastes are much less in quantity than those resulting from the coal-fired plants in the united states alone. Furthermore, to get rid of, they are fused with glass and buried in a carefully-chosen rock formation a mile underground, which is considered to be safe for at least tens of thousands of years to come. After all, the original source of these radioactive materials is the earth itself. It should also be noted that our environment should be protected as we satisfy our energy demands. Therefore, it is time to stop the high air pollution that results from the huge variety of dangerous gases that are emitted by the fossil-fuel plants.
Nuclear energy is one of the cleanest sources of energy known nowadays.
Nuclear power plants emit no carbon dioxide, no nitrogen oxides, and no sulfur oxides. They create neither acid rain nor smog or dust. The reliability is yet another factor that should exist in any future source of energy. It turns out that nuclear energy is reliable for at least hundreds of years because of the availability of the nuclear fuel. Now on the other hand, many people express their fear that if nuclear energy was used on a wide basis, the possibility of nuclear wars becomes higher.