Nuclear power plants are safe during their operation, but that safety is not 100%. Different types of incidents and accidents can occur in a nuclear power plant that generally does not have serious repercussions for the population and the environment in a zone near de power plant. Three serious accidents at nuclear power plants have been reported since 1945 in the US, USSR, and Japan. The first of them with little damage outside the plant site. The other two have had significant repercussions on the population and the environment close to the power plant site and in areas far from that site.

During the operation of a nuclear power plant, no greenhouse gases are produced. In the case of a coal-fired power plant, during its operation, it produces greenhouse gases with serious effects on the health of the populations in areas and the environment located near the plant site. Coal-fired power plants are not 100% safe either, but their accidents have a much lesser impact on the population and the environment than in the case of nuclear power plants.

In most accidents involving nuclear and coal power plants, there are no serious damages to the population and the environment located far from the plant site.

Dear Temitope Adefarati

Frank Barnaby, a nuclear physicist based in the United Kingdom, says that following the Fukushima Daini plant disaster in 2011, Japan established a distance of merely 30 kilometres, which would be an ideal example. The initial 20 kilometres are an obligatory evacuation zone, while the final 10 km are a permissive zone. However, the U.s, England, and Canada have advised their citizens to maintain a distance of 80 kilometres from plants.

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