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Yes; the average nuclear power plant yields about 3 tons of radioactive waste each year.
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How difficult it is to produce nuclear energy?
Nearly immpossible without a LOT OF CASH.
Why is fusion important?
Because it may hold the key to a sustainable and highly powerful energy source and is capable of being a very powerful nuclear weapon. Scientifically, fusion is important as it is the reason that all the elements were created and is the power source behind the sun and all other stars.
What are nuclear power plants?
The energy released in nuclear fissions usually of U-235 or Pu-239 (or both together) nuclear power is powered by uranium which is split in the reactor (main part of the plant) this creates a chemical reaction witch creates a lot of heat energy which boils water to turn some turbines that drive the generators
What is an example of converting Nuclear energy to electromagnetic energy in an energy transformation?
In a nuclear reactor, nuclear energy is converted to thermal energy. The thermal energy is used to heat water to make steam which can be used to spin turbines. The turbines spin electrical generators. A lot of electric power comes from nuclear power plants.
What are the advantages of nuclear energy source?
Nuclear Energy generates a lot of energy rather than other Power Plants. One gram of uranium equals to 60 thousand tons of coal, and the energy it produce, so it is much more green (Despite the main disadvantage: explosion). The air is not as polluted as it would be with the coal. Because of the high levels of energy generation, energy cost is cheaper.
Does nuclear energy produce a lot of energy?
Yes.
How are nuclear reactors useful?
They produce electrical energy. Humans need a lot of that.
How difficult it is to produce nuclear energy?
Nearly immpossible without a LOT OF CASH.
How can we make nuclear energy cleaner?
Nuclear Energy is already clean. The problem is the 'radio-active' waste from the reactor. A lot of research is going on to dispose of radio-active waste safely. One possibility is 'vitrifiction' and then burying it in deep mines.
What is a nuclear power energy?
Nuclear power energy, as you know it in "nuke power plants" is based on nuclear fission.Nuclear fission is splitting apart a relatively stable radioactive material. This creates A LOT of energy.The dream in the pipeline is nuclear fusion, which is what naturally occurs in stars like the sun. This is fusing atoms together instead of splitting them.The only problem at the moment is stabilising the reaction and keeping it stable. Then we can though, it will produce much more energy than fission, be safer in its reaction and produce less waste.
What are the products of nuclear fusion in a hydrogen bomb?
The nuclear fusion uses Hydrogen to produce Helium. The fusion also releases a lot of energy, which is what causes the explosion.
Does nuclear energy use a lot of energy?
No, the opposite, it releases a lot of energy
Why would the government be interested in the development of nuclear power energy?
It is much more cleaner and lasts a lot longer than fossil fuels. The only problem is where to put the nuclear waste.
What does fission reaction create?
Nuclear Fission is the separation of two superheated nuclei of the same atom/ion. It creates a burst of energy which is used to spin turbines for nuclear energy. It is the opposite of nuclear fusion as that fuses the chemicals, this is the separation. So the answer: two atoms, some energy and a LOT of radioactive waste
What type of energy do atoms and molecules contain?
Nuclear. Hence Nuclear bombs. Which shows they contain a LOT of energy. A LOT.
What products do you gain by nuclear fission?
The products which are created as a result of nuclear fission are Pu-239 and a lot of nuclear waste.
How much waste Guatemala produce?
quite a lot
