Nuclear power is the use of nuclear reactions that release energy to generate heat, which most frequently is then used in steam turbines to produce electricity in a nuclear power station. Since plans for a nuclear power plant at Carnsore Point in County Wexford were dropped in the 1970s, nuclear power in Ireland has been off the agenda. Ireland gets about 60% of its energy from gas, 15% from renewable and the remainder from coal and peat. Proponents argue that nuclear energy is now safe and emits much less carbon emissions than coal plants. Opponents argue that recent nuclear disasters in Japan prove that nuclear power is far from safe.
Yes, but only gen IV reactors
No energy is green and environmentally friendly energy while fossil fuels are still being used to produce the materials to build these alternatives in mass production. Nuclear energy is more likely to provide a better energy outcome and can be the most environmentally sustainable if done properly and quickly.
Yes, temporarily while we increase investment into cleaner renewable alternatives and Yes, and nationalize the industry
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yes but with strict regulations to prevent nuclear disasters
I don't have an opinion either way on this.
I don't really know what this means but for good reasons, sure.
yes but should try to make them safer.
Yes as long as they are using it safely and that is reasonable reasons to do so.
I am uneducated on this issue.
As long as you keep yourselves safe and prevent nuclear meltdowns.
We should wait till we find a better power source and if we can't then yes we should use it sparingly
Yes. As long as it is safe and efficient
Yes, nuclear energy is shown to be safe. But the adolescence of nuclear research has stained just the name of nuclear; the name alone causes panic. Advancing to fusion energy would be a massive leap in humanities existence.
Yes, we should use Thorium since it needs a catalyst to produce energy and produces less nuclear waste than Uranium.
no because its use can kill us all faster than covid
Yes, but must be regulated strictly to ensure environmental safety and public safety
To a certain extent, and it can not be used too much.
Yes, but with the Industry being away from city's so there is less a danger to people.
Yes, as long it is for the intended use and to help our community.
i feel like he pollution is out of control and maybe they should find a way to fix that but other than that yes.
I don't understand, if fully proven safe,then yes
it depends on what we use it for
Yes, but only with proper ways to dispose of the nuclear waste and proper ongoing up keep of those facilities.
No, I don't think we should competently abolish it, just reduce it
I support it but then at the same time I don't because it isn't the most pure thing and has bad side effects.
Yes so long as the government ca guarantee the safety of the citizens
Only keep the ones built working. No need for more plants. As we cannot use that land for anything else, we might as well keep using that space for nuclear energy.
not as a weapon. but as a source of energy
no but if other have it we need it
I partially agree, but if we are able to invest more in and capable of using cleaner alternatives like hydroelectricity, wind energy, and/or solar power, we should.
Yes, but increase funds for different kinds of energy as well as research about it.
a part yes and no because due to carelessness they misuse it and the part yes due to forest changes,
Yes and diversify out energy production as much as possible.
no i feel like the way the earth is going now we need better options and safer ones
Yes, as long as they are finding new ways to help provide energy that is better for the environment
As long as the waste produced is substantially lower than the energy produced.
yes, but not in the hands of the current realm of politics.
If it is clean energy and done safely
Yes, but only if we have an effective way to dispose of the remnants
Don’t know much about this category
yes as long as i do not hurt myself or others
Yes, I would support it as long it is not used for weapons.
I think we should use more sustainable energy sources like solar energy
Yes, temporarily while we increase investment into cleaner renewable alternatives and raise the safety standards.
yes but it needs to be improved so that there is no threat of the reactor malfunctioning like it did in Chernobyl
Chernobyl is an extreme outlier. The reactors were outdated even at the time, they were simulating blackouts for a safety test, the decent personnel's shifts ended in the middle of one of the tests, the replacement personnel were undertrained, the power went too low, the replacements didn’t properly restore power, the operating instructions were incomplete, they kept doing the tests despite that, and by the end the reactor was in such an unstable state that shutting the reactor down is what caused it to go supercritical.
It takes a special kind of incompetence to cause a Chernobyl Disaster.
No, I feel we need to use the natural sources of energy we have available to us, the wind and the sun are powerful forces of nature. Besides reactor meltdowns cause decades of destruction and devastation.
the use of nuclear energy scares me so i guess this is a no but i understand why it is there
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