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How is the production of electricity by fission better than nuclear fusion?
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∙ 15y ago
In principle fusion should be better for the environment because it does not produce the active fission products. The snag is that it has not been made to work yet, and won't be for many years to come, so as a practical way of producing electricity it does not come into play, and we have to say fission is better than a non-existent fusion
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∙ 12y agoNuclear fusion is better because it can be carried out on earth but nuclear fission can only occur in stars. Fission is better but can't be carried out.
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∙ 13y agoWe don't know enough about fusion yet to determine what its costs will be compared to well established fission power.
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Is nuclear fusion better than fission?
It could be if it can be made to work! Two reasons: 1. Fusion does not produce the very active fission products that arise in nuclear fission 2. There are inexhaustible supplies of deuterium in the oceans.
What is a sentence using nuclear fusion?
Fission power is the only realistic source of ecologically sound power, for at least the next 50 to 100 years.
How is nuclear fission converted into usable energy?
Mass is converted to energy when nuclei rearrange themselves from a form with extra nuclear binding energy to a form with less nuclear binding energy. This is true whether the reaction is nuclear fusion, nuclear fission, or nuclear decay. This energy appears mostly as heat.In nuclear power plants this energy must be converted to a usable form, usually electricity. Most plants use the heat to make steam (just as in fossil fueled plants) to turn turbines which turn generators. In small SNAP power plants (portable or used in spacecraft) the heat is used directly to generate electricity using thermocouples.
How has electricity helped make communication better?
Electricity made life much easier. Food production and storage is much faster, and lasts longer, travel is much faster and communication with others is instant.
Why is nuclear energy better than fossil fuels?
Nuclear fuel produces millions of times more power than coal, and relatively speaking it is considerably safer. Coal burning is estimated to have caused several million deaths due to the mining in particular leading to respiratory disease. The secondary effects of coal burning on humans are the environmental affects which kill thousands every year. Coal burning will always cause environmental damage when nuclear power does not necessarily do this. Current nuclear reactors are based on nuclear fission, which do have the potential to cause a large amount of environmental damage if not handled correctly. Current research into nuclear FUSION power means that in a matter of decades we will posses extremely safe, efficient, nearly unlimited and non-radioactive power production.
Why nuclear fission better?
Nuclear fission is now commercially available in nuclear fission reactors since the fifties of last century. Nuclear Fusion is still under R&D. Nuclear fission reactors are clean energy source.
Is nuclear better than electricity?
nuclear is a type of electricity
Why would a nuclear fusion plant be better than a fission?
One thing is that it would not produce the very active radioactive fission products that nuclear fission reactors produce. However as there is no practical experience yet it is difficult to be sure if there are dangers and risks not fully evaluated yet.
How do you use fission and fusion in a nuclear power plant?
We don't yet know how to use fusion in a power plant. All nuclear power plants use fission only. Fusion is much harder, but will be better if we can figure it out.
Why do some scientists believe nuclear fusion is better than fission in a reaction?
Fusion produces no radioactive waste, and can yield a constant flow of energy instead of in nuclear fission where a nuclear power plant must be refueled and closed for 40-100 days out of the year.
What is fission temperature?
Fission of U-235 or Pu-239 is not very sensitive to temperature, but neutrons are absorbed better if they are slowed down after production, this is the function of the moderator.
Is nuclear fusion better than fission?
It could be if it can be made to work! Two reasons: 1. Fusion does not produce the very active fission products that arise in nuclear fission 2. There are inexhaustible supplies of deuterium in the oceans.
What is a sentence using nuclear fusion?
Fission power is the only realistic source of ecologically sound power, for at least the next 50 to 100 years.
What is the principle of nuclear fission?
Read "The making of the Atomic Bomb" by Richard Rhodes, it will answer all your questions better than could ever be done here.
What factors make nuclear power expensive?
No one has found a way to get rid of nuclear wastes, there is a lot of security dealing with nuclear power, an accident at a nuclear reactor can be dangerous for miles around and for years to come. Except for hydrogen bombs, nuclear fusion power has not been harnessed by people for more than a few seconds. Considering that all a nuclear (fission) power plant does is to boil water and turn it into steam, there are better ways of making electricity than nuclear power (except for submarines and aircraft carriers). Remember Three Mile Island and Chernobyl? That's why nuclear power is so expensive.
What is the probable effects on Indian mineral scenario after the indo-us nuclear deal?
1.cheap electricity. 2.job prospect will be better.
What is better atomic weapons or nuclear weapons?
Often these terms are used interchangeably to describe "nuclear weapons" since an atomic bomb derives it's energy from a nuclear chain reaction. What you may be referring to is that the original test and subsequent bombs dropped on Japan during WWII were fission bombs with the Trinity test bomb and Nagasaki bomb being implosion style fission bombs using Plutonium and the Hiroshima bomb being a gun style fission bomb using Uranium. Subsequently, the United States began testing the early prototypes of the modern style warheads which are called thermonuclear weapons because they use a fission bomb to ignite a nuclear fusion reaction which produces a substantially larger yield than the initial fission bombs. The first test of a thermonuclear weapon was a hydrogen bomb detonated in 1952. So in terms of yield, the modern style thermonuclear weapons are drastically more efficient than the early fission bombs.
