The story Atomic Dreams, by Jason Mark, shows the contravercity in atomic power. The story tells of the pros and cons of nuclear power. My biggest concern about nuclear energy is how dangerous it can be. in 1986, a nuclear power plant in Russia blew up, killing thousands and aslo poisioning the land for thousands of years. This scares me because nuclear blasts can effect areas 40 miles away. I live in a town called Manteno, and in a town, Braidwood, which is 26 miles away has a nuclear plant. The story also sais that it is a possibility for terrists to blow up nuclear plants in america. The braidwood plant is close enough to do damage in manteno if it blew up and that scares me. On the other hand, nuclear power is a good source of power. The story sais that it is cleaner than natural gas and gives a lot more energy that natural gas. Those are two very good reasons that it is greatly useful. The cheeper cost is great because the economy is in a slump right now and so the cheeper energy is great. On top of that is the cleaner energy. The environment is slowly suffering because of all the toxics we are putting into the atmosphere, cleaner enegy helps out there also. A big downside to nuclear power plants is the inital cost of the reactor can be up to $4,000,000,000. Thats a lot of zeroes to be writing on checks for countless reactors across the country. I think that Nuclear power is good and not as scary as everyone makes it sound, the only thing is to make sure we are careful with it.