Harder, A. (2014, November 23). Can the U.S. Government Revive Nuclear Power? Retrieved   November 23, 2014, from  http://online.wsj.com/articles/can-the-u-s-government-revive-nuclear-power-1416777789

 In this Wall Street Journal( WSJ) article the author Amy harder discusses the nuclear power issues that the issues is and will face. She talks about how the Obama administration has set out to try to revive many of the nuclear plants and maybe build new plants in the future. It has been said that as the US begins to have a more dependent natural gas society the need for nuclear plants will decrease not only because of the causes of Fukushima and the high cost for building nuclear reactors but because the US simply doesn’t need nuclear energy anymore. Not only is the US having a nuclear drought so is the rest of the world, it has been observed that as the use of coal and nuclear energy has decreased, the use of natural gas has increased more than ever before. Another big factor is that it is cheaper to produce natural gas than to produce nuclear energy, for example, it cost about $65 dollars to produce natural gas energy, but it cost about $92 dollars to produce nuclear energy. After looking at the statistics the US has opted for natural gas and not nuclear energy.

I dont think that the US should solely base the production of energy on natural gas and should probably take the risk into investing on nuclear energy because you don’t always know what the world has in store for the human population although it might seem that other power sources are the way to go. Also we should think about the environment and what is better for it, but yes it does cost more to produce nuclear power which is a negative. Through all of these negatives the US should also take into account which of the power source will produce the most power and will be more efficient while producing the least toxic materials for the environment and humans.