Neither fossil fuels nor nuclear energy can be considered completely clean energy like hydroelectric. The recent nuclear accident in Japan shows that accidents from nuclear power plants can be devastating.
The environmental impact of fossil fuels results when we use them in our cars and power plants. The primary pollutant is carbon dioxide, which is responsible for global warming and acid rain. Some question the conclusions of global warming as related to carbon dioxide but it is a fact that burning fossil fuels causes pollution.
The principal problem with nuclear energy, under normal operations, is the safe disposal of the spent fuel. As more nuclear power plants are built, this becomes a very large and complex problem, as the spent fuel stays radioactive for many years. Transporting it to a safe location, and insuring that it will never leak radioactivity is difficult. I have attached links on the environmental problems with nuclear energy.
A nuclear power plant that is not operating properly with the cooling of the core, runs the risk of radiation leaks, and ultimately if not controlled, a melt-down. You may find extensive discussion on the nuclear power plant accidents in the links I have provided.
There is little environmental impact of nuclear power under normal operations of generating electricity. There are occasional releases of low level radioactivity, and the impact of this radiation in the surrounding areas is generally considered minor. The cooling water does become radioactive, but is contained in a closed loop so it is not under normal operating conditions released to the atmosphere.
I have tried to find links in the internet that are not biased and present the facts about nuclear energy and fossil fuels. See related links.
Because it does not produce greenhouse gases
a non-renewable resource
Without uranium and nuclear energy the exhaustion of fossil fuels will be more important year after year. Also nuclear energy don't contribute to global warming.
Total energy as expressed in Einsteins equation E=mc2 reveals that they are identical because the masses are identical and c is a constant. With present technology you can extract more energy from a given mass of nuclear fuels (in a nuclear reactor) than the same mass of fossil fuel in a thermoelectric generating plant.
fossil fuel is made by the nature and nuclear fuel is not made by the nature
Because it does not produce greenhouse gases
Nuclear energy does not come from fossil fuels
Nuclear energy conserves the use of fossil fuel because if there is a nuclear power station there is no need to burn fossil fuel in that region.
yes. they are one of the major source of air pollution. they burn a lot of fossil fuel that is harmful to the environment.
Nuclear fuel has a higher energy density than fossil fuels.
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No because fossil fuel is its own energy from decayed things just like nuclear has its own.
If you use nuclear energy in place of fossil fuels, you are conserving the fossil fuel, that is reducing the amount you use.
Nuclear energy is not a fossil fuel or any fuel at all. Radiation is used to create energy. The energy is "the Fuel" petroleum
A nuclear station uses the energy from nuclear fission to generate power, but fossil fuel stations burn fossil fuels that release CO2 into the atmosphere, instead of the steam that nuclear plants produce. Therefore, nuclear power is more enviormental friendly, though it has some very radioactive waste products that can be harmful if not disposed properly.
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Using NON RENEWABLE RESOURCES like Fossil Fuels, Petroleum Products & NUCLEAR Energy are methods that are harmful for Environment on EARTH and their usage should be reduced by generating Elelctricity through Renewable resources.