There are many sources for commercial energy, and Nuclear Energy being one of those, contributes about 16% of world energy needs. But, Nuclear Energy has been one of the favorites of the media and hence it has all along been in the public domain ever since its birth about 50 years back. The reason is very simple. Nuclear energy was born and has been with defence tag and hence was kept under wraps, out of the media reach. As the human psychology goes, anything kept secret attracts inquisitiveness and associated gossips, misgivings, blowing out of proportions, etc. While the media kept on publishing all negative “facts” based on half baked information and building up a completely hostile response in the minds of general public, the Technical people kept silent for official reasons.
The Three Mile Accident in USA and the Chernobyl Accident in Russia added fuel to the fire and eventually Nuclear Energy was banned in many Countries and put on back burner in most other Countries, the leader for this debacle being USA.
