Is nuclear energy safe?

In P6 we learn about nuclear power in a lot of detail. The media may hype up some of the dangers related to nuclear energy but we need to be careful, as is clear from several disasters in recent history. Here's a link to a news section about the Fukushima plant, the site of a near disaster in Japan: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/fukushima

However it's not all one-sided: we can't ignore the benefits of nuclear energy - http://www.fi.edu/guide/wester/benefits.html