Nuclear energy and its impact
Across the globe, Nuclear energy is considered as the cheapest and most efficient way to produce energy. Though, it uses non-renewable sources like fossils, nuclear plants can produce as much as energy to power the globe if used appropriately.
Nuclear power plants have their own pros and cons. Even though it has a handful of advantages, the world has faced huge challenges in maintaining nuclear power plants. Various disastrous incidents has forced various countries to shut down these plants even though they are cost-efficient.
Although few countries have these plants in large numbers to fulfill the demand, many developed countries like the United States and Japan have decided to stop generating nuclear energy by 22nd century. Unfortunately,India hasn’t realised this yet and is investing huge amounts to construct nuclear plants.
One such example is of the recent Japan Fukushima accident on 11 March 2011. This explosion was a result of the 9.0 magnitude earthquake followed by a 15 metre tsunami. The intensity of damage was so massive that it went about splintering whole communities, ruining swathes of prime farmland and killing thousands of people. 
One more notable example is the Ukraine, Chernobyl disaster on 26 April 1986. This accident was due to the explosion of the core in the plant. The radioactive particles have caused about nearly 1000 cases of thyroid cancer. It also has spoiled the water and land up to 1100 km within the country and nearby countries as well.
If harmful radioactive materials gets leaked from these plants, they might affect water bodies and land as far as a few thousand kilometres from the affected area. This might cause many families to relocate and vacate their places. And I believe that India can not cope up with these kind of huge damages, hence they need to rethink their strategy on this,
I hope this article would have made the impact of nuclear power plants clear to all of you.
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