Nuclear Energy: A Solution for the World's Energy Crisis.
             "Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood." Marie Curie, the discoverer of radium and Nobel Prize winner spoke these words many years ago. Years later, the United States along with the global community is on the brink of using a old, yet still unknown energy resource; nuclear energy. People fear nuclear energy from past accidents such as Chernobyl, but know very little about this energy source. Environmentalists and politicians around the world are focusing on the availability of fossil fuels in future years and tapping it from foreign sources. Global warming is also a major concern and it is argued that fossil fuels are to blame for this warming trend. Scientists are focusing on efficient ways to create nuclear energy and show the public that it is not to be feared. Nuclear energy is a safe, renewable, energy source that should be used to meet energy demands around the world.
             Among other problems the world faces, there is an expected rise in population of developing nations from 4billion to 8billion people. There is also an expected 20 percent rise of population in industrialized nations. A rise of population such as this will demand higher rates of electricity and energy used in upcoming years. In the magazine, Electric Perspectives, the Energy Institute of America stated:
             Between 1997 and 2020, worldwide energy consumption will grow by 60 percent... Worldwide oil demand reaches 113 million barrels per day by 2020, which will require an additional 40 million barrels per day relative to current capacity (2).
             The dwindling fossil fuel supply will not be able to withstand this type of growth, but even if it could, air quality and the environment would severely suffer. The higher demand would create higher gas/electric prices and energy related worldwide crisis (Wolfe 35). Another energy source must be able to replace the v...