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What advantages of neculear plant?

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Clean, cheap energy that will never run out produced in a relatively small power plant. It's a no-brainer.

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A nuclear power plant generates no air pollution, and a lot of energy.
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Nuclear power stations generate lots of electricity and it is a relatively clean way of doing so. They need less fuel to run on, and it is cheaper for the public. Coal power stations release carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide which contribute to global warming and acid rain. Nuclear power stations are safer than coal power stations (because the soot and ash particles from the coal station can cause breathing problems in humans). Nuclear power stations have lots of safety installations so in case of a problem, they can be shut down.
Nuclear power generation is cleaner to produce than fossil-fuels. However it is more hazardous to process the waste materials, which stay radio-active for many years.

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nuclearpower production does not contribute any harmful gases to the atmosphere. no carbon, no acid, no sulfur. It is safe, contained, and can produce as much as 5 lbs. of coal with a fuel pellet weighing 6 grams!

AnswerThe above answer, though widely believed, and even promoted by the nuclear industry, is not, in fact, correct. The construction of the power plant, mining of ore, refinement of ore, enrichment, transportation, plant decommissioning, and waste management all have environmental costs, including carbon dioxide emissions, NOx emissions, sulfur emissions, accumulation of waste from mines, and so on.

Nuclear power does have advantages. It has a smaller carbon footprint than fossil fuel power. It is not as much smaller as some people might imagine, but it is smaller. Its carbon footprint is about a quarter to a half that of a combined cycle natural gas system used in a co-generation situation.

Nuclear power has been relatively safe, so far, in the United States, Japan, Western Europe and most other places where it has been used. There are allegations that it has caused cancer among people who live near nuclear power plants, but these are at levels that are probably lower than comparable problems with coal burning plants.

Unlike wind and solar power, nuclear power can provide base-load power. It is not as reliable in this regard as hydro power because a nuclear plant has to shut down periodically for extensive times to refuel. This might happen every year and a half for a period of a month or so. Evolution of the power grid has made this less important than it was in the past because of distributed generation systems.

Nuclear power does not have the advantage of being cheap, and in fact expert predictions have placed prices for power produced by plants being considered in the United States at two to three times current average rates. Furthermore, it has extensive governmental support that is costly, or is potentially costly, to the taxpayer. Nevertheless, the costs of nuclear power do not fluctuate as much as the costs of fossil fuels, so the use of nuclear power tends to stabilize the energy market.

Nuclear power provides the only really practical facilities for the manufacture of isotopes needed for certain types of apparatus (such as common smoke detectors), nuclear medicine, and nuclear bombs.

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Nuclear power has many serious advantages over any other form of power. They include (but are not limited to)

1. Virtually unlimited potential of energy

2. Steady source of power

3. Small footprint for the amount of power produced

4. No CO2 production

5. Small amount of waste product (the intensity and danger of waste not included)

6. Large available fuel supply

7. Waste can be used for medical purposes

8. Waste can be used for defense purposes (also a disadvantage)

9. small systems can power satellites for extremely long trips.

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no gas emissions

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