Question by Lara: Why are nuclear power plants ever built in the Ring of Fire?
The Ring of Fire is the zone around the edges of a tectonic plate with lots of earthquakes and volcanic activity. Nuclear power plants become exploding nuclear bombs when they get hit with a powerful earthquake. Why does anyone risk this horror?
Best answer:
Answer by T.J.
The plants in Japan are obviously having problems, but the are not “exploding nuclear bombs”. They survived the quake very well but not the tsunami. We need to learn from this and make our plant even safer.
Japan has few options for electricity. They have no natural resorces like coal, oil, or natural gas to use in generating plants. Even if you covered the entire nation with wind turbines and solar panels it would not be enough and it would be very expensive and use up valuable agriculture land. They need electricity to keep the economy going. With out cheap electricity their economy would suffer greatly and the people would be in poverty. They believe it is worth the risk.
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