Humanity has been damaging the world ever since the dawn of humanity and it multiplied even more when the industrial age came around. Ever since the industrial age our impact on the Earth has only gotten worse in the past few decades, the Earth is slowly over heating and we only add in more and more carbon into the atmosphere annually. Annually we add in about 9.795 gigaton of Carbon, this not only heats up the Earth but it also pollutes the air and the water supply and ultimately will have indirect impacts on humanity, giving us health issues, disruptions in food supply and extreme weather impacts. One sign of hope is nuclear power, not only does it produce enough energy to satiate the global energy demand it also does not have any carbon emissions. They produce enough energy to supply large cities like Boston or Seattle. Now imagine how much better they could be if they not only improve nuclear plants but also make them even more efficient. Power plants operate on 94% capacity annually; they run 24 hours a day and 7 days a week and produce more energy than burning coal, natural gas or any other clean resource such as wind and solar.  Nuclear power will only get better and it is our future energy provider.

‘ Nuclear energy was first discovered in 1951 on the 20th of December by Enrico Fermi. About 8 years later, the first nuclear power plant was built in the United States. Since then, nuclear power plants have only gotten better as technology advanced through the decades. They are more reliable and produce more energy with minimal drawbacks and operate on near-maximum capacity annually. For the past 6 decades, nuclear energy has been a main energy source for the United States, producing an average of 1 gigawatt of energy per plant. Not only do they produce more energy than fossil fuels and other energy sources, but there is also no carbon emission.’ 

‘ Changing the energy sources must be a carefully thought out procedure that considers all possible alternatives and compares them across several attributes like cost, reliability, energy production, and safety. In this paper, we attempt to identify where nuclear energy ranks among alternative energy sources in such attributes and whether or not it continues to be a plausible source of energy. Nuclear energy is already known to be reliable and efficient compared to other alternatives and is expected to only improve further as technology advances.’ 

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