"Nuclear Power stations are like stars that shine all day long,' declared one senior Soviet scientist, M. A. Styrikovich. 'We shall sow them all over the land. They are perfectly safe!" This statement was made in the late 1970s - a time when the Soviet Union carried out a widespread reactor building programme. It was a time when nuclear fuel seemed like it would be cheaper than the more traditional oil and coal. However, …showed first 75 words of 1870 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1870 total…it may not be the last. The world has yet to wean itself off the most dangerous energy source yet discovered by humankind: nuclear power" The long-term problems of storing dangerous nuclear waste (which will still be lethally radioactive in hundreds of thousands of years time) is another major disadvantage. So why is the world still using nuclear power? The simple answer is that it saves money. What fate awaits mankind, only time will tell...