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By having a reasonable distance between the nuclear reactor and the consumers. For example, 150 million kilometers should be relatively safe.
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What is nuclear power plant decommissioning?
It is safely disposing of the bits of a burned out power station. (As nuclear fission gives off neutrons, anything near a nuclear fission reaction itself becomes radioactive over time, so it is a big job to take down a power station safely)
Radiated food can be safely stored for a longer time because radiation?
Kills Bacteria
Should the UK go nuclear?
The UK has been nuclear for a very long time. It has lots of nuclear energy stations and lots of nuclear weapons.
How long will nuclear energy be on earth?
nuclear power is going to be around for much longer, more fission reactors will be built to compensate in the increase in energy usage and more research is being done to make fusion energy which will replace fission reactors(this is quite a while yet before fusion reactors can be used to produce use usable energy for long periods of time).
Why is nuclear energy fairly cheap?
nuclear energy is fairly cheap for many reasons. Mainly, the life time of a nuclear power plants is 60 years and that the nuclear fuel contribution to the cost of generated kilowatt.hour is very low.
How is nuclear energy gather or created?
Nuclear energy is not gathered or created. There is a saying to go along with this: Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only changed in form. That saying is called the Law of the Conservation of Energy. Nuclear is a type of potential energy so this concept applies to it. There are many ways nuclear energy can be used. Lets say submarines. Most people have heard of the nuclear powered submarines. They can stay under water for a long time because they have basically unlimited energy. The submarines are powered by a nuclear reactor causing a series of nuclear reactions. The submarine uses the nuclear reactions as power. Generally it will get converted to mechanical or electrical energy (both types of Kinetic energy).
How invented solar energy?
That was whoever invented nuclear fusion, and it was before my time.
How impossible to use nuclear energy?
Using nuclear energy is possible, and in fact being done. It has been done since the 1940s. The first nuclear electric plant came on line some time after that, but I worked at one in the 1980s.
Is solar energy safer then nuclear energy?
Solar energy is certainly safer than nuclear energy, but decidedly more expensive with much greater space requirements...at this time. As solar and other alternative energy sources are developed, it is reasonable to assume that the costs will decrease. Whether or not they will ever decrease to the costs per kilowatt hour that nuclear energy can achieve remains to be seen.
What would happen if oil runs out?
Nothing. There is plenty of other energy resources. There is so much worry about what will happen when all oil reserves are depleted. By that time we will have advanced technology for electric cars that could travel the circumference of the world. A nuclear explosion releases a huge amount of energy. Imagine if that energy can be safely channeled to homes, factories, and transportation. Nuclear reactors are enough to power the world after there is no oil. There is wind power and solar power and many other undiscovered energy sources. When oil runs out there will be a lot of change, but it will work.
What is energy stored for use at a later time?
In current nuclear power plants, nuclear energy is released when U235 undergoes fission. This energy is not stored, it is used as soon as it is released, to produce electricity.
Why the brain doesn't use lipids for energy?
because they tong a longer time in metabolising. because they tong a longer time in metabolising.
