Rovedillo, Jamil C.

CE 512 - CE52FC1

Energy is a beneficial thing that used for human’s activity. One of the energy is electricity. The energy can
be obtained from coal. However as daily uses of coal, the amount of coal that available on the earth will
be decreased and results in no existing coal. Therefore, it is needed to find alternative energy sources to
create the energy with no limit of uses. There are some alternative energy sources such as nuclear
power, hydropower, wind power, solar power, geothermal energy, tidal power, biomass energy and other
alternative energy. There is an alternative energy source that obtained from separating nuclear fission or
makes the combination of nuclear fission named as nuclear power. Some countries are using nuclear
power plant for generating electricity for them. First of all, in nuclear power productivity, there will be
nuclear waste that is harmful. This nuclear waste is very dangerous. The most harmful waste is gamma
rays. When our body get in touch with the radiation, it causes tumors and affects in damaging
reproductive organs. After around 18 months inside of reactor, the uranium rods must to be changed.
The replacement of changing the old rods with new rods takes approximately 2 months. Those old
uranium rods are placed in container that located in big water tank which as big as swimming pool. The
problem is the water tanks are full of old rods and need another big storage place for them. There are
various ideas of putting away those old rods. However, there are no final ideas that decided for this
nuclear waste. If the waste is buried underground, it will take million years to decay. There are a lot of
disadvantages of nuclear power productivity that may damage to surrounding environment. However
there are another alternative energy sources that can be selected to be used for generating electricity
effectively with minimum risk.