I believe that the nuclear power generation should be abandoned. There are 59 nuclear plants in Japan. In 2010, 32% of the electric power consumed in Japan is nuclear power. Of course, there was no incident about the nuclear power. Japan relied on the nuclear power. However, there was a terrible earthquake on March 11, 2011. This earthquake caused Fukushima nuclear disaster. It is said that this accident displayed its power not only to Japan but also to the world and it proved that the nuclear power is very dangerous.
First of all, we must not forget that a lot of people was threatened by the radioactivity after the disaster. In fact, many people has forced to take refuge from the damage of the radioactivity and some of them have considered that they should evacuate. It is said that there were 500,000 people who became unable to live in there same as before because of the radioactivity. And I think many people will suffer from aftereffects of exposure to radioactivity. I have also heard that a number of crops cultivated in Fukushima was contaminated with the radioactivity. Not only the consumers but also the farmers who produced such crops were devastated by this accident. And this image was too big, so it still continues in spite of there were few effects of radioactivity. This would be the biggest damage for the farmers. Second, I would like to refer to the point that the nuclear power is not only way to produce the electric power. Nowadays, there are some other ways of power generation. One example of this is the thermal power generation. As a matter of fact, there was a time that Japanese consumed only the thermal power instead of the nuclear power. We lived without using the nuclear power, but we could live. Indeed, we sometimes had trouble because of an expensive electrical charges, but I think it cannot be avoided for the safety. It is clear that the nuclear power is not always necessary. Also I think Japan should follow the other countries. It is said that some other countries abandoned the nuclear power. For example, Germany has decided ban of nuclear power generation because of the danger when Chernobyl disaster occurred. In there, the usage rates of renewable energy is increasing and they showed they can live without the nuclear power. I don’t think the nuclear power is the only way to make electricity.
In conclusion, I think Japan should stop using the nuclear power in the future. Japan must know the danger of this power than any countries. It is not possible to abandon nuclear power generation immediately, but we can decrease them gradually. I hope that such movement can lead us to more safety society.