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In April 1986, occurred the terrible nuclear accident at Chernobyl, and now, decades later, the nuclear energy crisis again presented as an alternative clean and cheap to fossil fuels.
Unfortunately, the terrible crisis that now has all of Japan and the world hangs in the balance has once again demonstrated the high price to pay for this energy. If anything good I can draw from the current situation is that after that many people will reconsider its position on nuclear energy.
In Spain, the debate be open again until recently because to the energy crisis. The PSOE government intended to go slowly closing the plants, while the PP sought not only to prolong its life (beyond 40 years) but raised to build more. However, in February this year, the government changed its position and removed the barrier of 40 years to prolong the life of the plants, dramatically changing its policy.

Of the 6 stations operating in Spain, which has received more critical is the Garonne, in Burgos, the oldest in the country. Several environmental organizations including Greenpeace and Ecologists in Action have spent years asking closure. Incidentally, this plant is similar to this in Fukushima, which can now expedite the closing process.

respect to what is happening right now in Japan, I can not feel nothing but anguish, because the situation is already quite serious. All my support for the Japanese people.

on nuclear, these events only serve to reaffirm my position, and remember that the arguments usually put forward the defense are all false:

-nuclear is not cheap.
construction costs and maintenance, and security levels to be carried very high, and usually take over the states, they are unthinkable for any private enterprise.
On the other hand, the costs in case of accidents multiply.
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are not clean:
Even if there are no accidents, radioactive waste produced by a plant have a very high period of disintegration, forcing cemeteries to look where the matter is to remain sealed and isolated for decades. The location of these cemeteries is also a matter of controversy.
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not secure and never will be:
Although they function perfectly for years, it is always possible that there is an error, whether human or natural event too large for the plant was not ready (if Fukushima). If this occurs, the accident is usually very serious consequences and high costs to human health and the environment. And these costs are very long term, because it takes years for the radioactivity to disappear, affecting generations. The risk is too great.