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Nuclear power
Nuclear power is the use of sustained nuclear fission to generate heat and
electricity. Nuclear power plants provide about 6% of the world's energy and
13–14% of the world's electricity, with the U.S., France, and Japan together
accounting for about 50% of nuclear generated electricity.
There is an ongoing debate about the use of nuclear energy. Nuclear power
plant accidents include the Chernobyl disaster (1986), Fukushima Daiichi
nuclear disaster (2011), and the Three Mile Island accident (1979). There have
also been some nuclear-powered submarine mishaps. Despite these accidents, the
safety record of nuclear power, in terms of lives lost per unit of electricity
delivered, is better than every other major source of power in the world. With
research into safety improvements continuing and nuclear fusion may be used in
the future.
However, Japan's 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster prompted a rethink
of nuclear energy policy in many countries. Germany decided to close all its
reactors by 2022, and Italy has banned nuclear power. Following Fukushima, the
International Energy Agency halved its estimate of additional nuclear
generating capacity to be built by 2035.1. Nuclear
power plants provide approximately 6% of energy of the USA.