At first, we will burn less of oil, gas and coal, and we will build more untraditional power stations like a wind-power station, a solar-power station or a hydro-power station. The second alternative is to build more nuclear power houses. Both have specific advantages and disadvantages, but we must produce electricity and we must decide. I think, it will be the best to use it together, but I prefer the second variant, because the untraditional solar or wind power plants don’t work effectively. I don’t want to manipulate your mind, but I present you the safety of a nuclear power station, because it’s usually rated as a dangerous.
Do you ask why people are afraid of it? The accident, that happened in the world, especially the one in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine, was a warning for the mankind. This accident mobilized the specialists as well as the public. All nuclear power plants undergone inspections and numerous measures were implemented to improve their reliability.
Unfortunately, also the other nuclear power plants in the former Soviet Union were thought of as alike "dangerous". Understanding the safety of nuclear power plants resides in understanding the construction of nuclear reactors.
But look here carefully, now! The safety of nuclear power plants is one of the few human activities, to which is paid the highest attention. This results from the nature of physical process, which takes place inside the reactor core - nuclear fission. To utilize it, this process has to be always kept under the control. The nuclear fission produces thermal energy that shall be removed. The control of the nuclear fission and preventing the radioactivity release are the basic principles of safety.
As I promised as I will tell you something about safety of the nuclear power plants now. The constructions of nuclear reactors prevent any explosion similar to an atomic bomb. Any uncontrolled release of radioactivity is unacceptable. That's why there are set up measures to prevent such events. Here belong the equipment and systems designed to prevent accidents or mitigate their consequences, to trap radioactivity in special tanks and to prevent its release into the environment
The fundamental principle of safety in operation of nuclear power plants resides in a system of barriers separating the nuclear material from the environment.