Portfolio 3 - Issue on Roundtable Discussion

Our last roundtable discussion which was being held on Week 10, was discussing about nuclear reactors and its future. Nowadays, people are too scared with nuclear reactors. The reason is because nuclear has a very destructive power which can destroy the entire city, like what happens at Chernobyl. In the last twenty years since Chernobyl disaster, scientists around the world are searching for a better solution to reduce the risks on using nuclear reactors. They try so hard so that they can fulfill the demands on energy without making people scared on it. They try to make it as safe as possible. Last year, scientists came up with new types of nuclear reactors which are claimed to be safer and also more efficient in producing energy than the old nuclear reactors. These new types are called nuclear reactors Generation IV (GEN IV).

GEN IV consists of 6 types of nuclear reactors. They are gas-cooled fast reactor, very high temperature reactor, lead-cooled fast reactor, molten-salt reactor, sodium-cooled fast reactor, and super-critical water-cooled system. These six nuclear reactors is different each other. Although, six of them are the solution from scientists to surmount the problems regarding nuclear reactors, there are still some arguments whether they are really safe or not. Many people still suffering because of Chernobyl disaster, therefore, some countries still do not want to use that. Hence, one thing that scientists should do is making a prove that these new types of nuclear reactors is safer. If they do that, I am sure that GEN IV will be developed faster and finished sooner than now.