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Given the opportunity, there is a necessity to tackle the subject from a different point of view as it is believed the issue of nuclear power and the way it can be stored could be as well be seen from an other optical angle, from a different perspective, that could even been deployed in further disarmament.

 

Nuclear weapons may be seen as individual warehouse storage units containing uranium in an enriched form ready to be deployed for civilian use in producing sustainable energy with the minimum modification of the military equipment, providing the backbone of the energy needs of a given country were at the same time ensuring a cost efficient way to store such a material in an enriched form given its delicate nature.

 

Furthermore, nuclear energy is not subject to supply interruptions as the case with non-renewable resources such as oil and gas. It is clean and environmental friendly in contrary to coal that is dirty, labor-intensive, and dangerous to workers. It is by far more efficient than wind, solar and geothermal power that has to be heavily subsidized and the technology know how has been mastered since the 20th century in contrary to fuel cells that are still in search for a breakthrough technology including various bio fuel types.

 

In addition certain geopolitical factors are driving up oil prices to record levels by masking the real problem facing the world’s energy industry. This problem, although it has nothing to do with coal, natural gas or oil, places 20% of the world’s electricity supply at risk.

 

Moreover, the veracity and diversity of enriched uranium as power source in relation to the rest of the commodities provide a unique opportunity for nuclear weapons disarmament, because when there is shortage in any of the other commodities as oil for example, an alternative fuel is being used as ethanol for example.

 

Uranium, however, has no alternative. The 444 operational nuclear reactors around the world are designed to use enriched uranium as their only fuel source and therefore with the minimal modification re use the enriched energy by recycling military material and rendering it adequate for civilian use by rendering it into uranium hexafluoride, the useable form necessary to generate nuclear power.

 

In any case extreme prudency during must be exercised during the ‘recycling process’, in order to avoid reactor meltdowns and safety incidents as the Pennsylvania’s Three Mile Island plant in 1979 and the Ukraine’s Chernobyl plant in 1986.

 

Finally, nuclear energy can replace fossil-fuel power plants for generating electricity, reducing the carbon dioxide emissions that contribute heavily to global warming. When it comes to environmental benefits, there’s no comparison as nuclear power plants can generate massive amounts of electricity without emitting an ounce of air pollution or greenhouse gases. In addition, nuclear energy is not subject to rising fuel prices, foreign political situations, natural disasters or price gouging.