There was an accident at a uranium processing plant in Tokai, Japan, on September 30, 1999. Using your favorite search engine, find out what happened and compare this accident with the ones at Chernobyl and Three Mile Island. How could these accidents have been avoided? Do these incidents prove that nuclear power plants should be phased out? Why or why not?

For the three accidents mentioned there were human factors that caused the destabilization of the reactors and generated catastrophies.

In the case of Tokai, there was an excess of Uranium due to the fact that workers (Not qualified, since such work did not merit it) added to the containers, which generated an excess in the filling generating an emulsion of radiation to all the personnel.

In the case of Chernobyl, it was the experimentation through a series of tests to reduce the power, during which a series of imbalances occurred in the reactor 4 of this nuclear power plant, which led to the uncontrolled overheating of the reactor core nuclear-

In the case of Three Mile Island it was a design error in which the water level was underestimated, believing that the required level was available but in the end it was noted that said water level was not sufficient which caused the melting of a water dipstick.

All this leaves us with reflections on the security protocols followed for the construction or management of these nuclear power plants, and calls into question the human capacity to react to one of these catastrophes. Today, these plants not only put human health at risk but also generate waste that pollutes the planet. Alternatives such as renewable and clean energy already become more popular every day and are about to leave nuclear energy in the past to give rise to a new human stage.