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Why until recently was there no nuclear reactors in Mexico and Central America?
It depends on what you mean as "recently": the Laguna Verde power plant in Mexico and its two 4.8 GW nuclear reactors were built since 1976 and 1977, respectively. Also both became fully operational since 1989 and 1995. There are no other "commercial" nuclear power plants in Central America: there were two plants in Puerto Rico, but were dismantled or decommissioned since 1968. The island of Cuba tried to build a nuclear plant with the help of the Soviet Union, but the construction was suspended due to the collapse of the later. Panama (the canal zone) had a floating nuclear power plant, but was decommissioned since 1976. Finally, the island of Jamaica has a pair of reactors, but those have a nominal output of a mere 20 kW, so they are used almost exclusively for research.If you mean why there are no new plants being built right now, the answer is the huge costs associated with such endeavour and the fears that resulted from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
Are the twin toower being built now?
The memorials are being built right now, and should finish in a few years.
Is there a hollister in Nottingham?
There soon will be. its being built right now.
When was the last monastery built?
i beliee one is being built in Liverpool right now. It will be the largest to be built in Europe for about 250 years
Australians believe thatneuclear energy is unclean and dangerous?
Well, they have never built any nuclear power plants, so you may be right.
Which subatomic particle is used in the production of nuclear engery by fuission?
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How many malls are there in Thailand?
Thousands - every town has at least one (even right out in the stick) - Bangkok and Chiang Mai have many with more being built all the time (in CM we have 2 more being built right now).
How does the sun get its energy?
nuclear fusion
Is it true that GE has a history of some of its activities giving rise to large-scale air and water pollution and the nuclear reactors involved in the 2011 crisis in Japan are GE designed?
Yeah you are right this incident happen in GE lightning industry in Fukushima, Japan this year & it involved nuclear reactor which lead to heavy air pollution in Japan.
What are some positives and negatives of having a nuclear reactor on the ring of fire?
because, like right now, if there were to be a natural disaster, such as an earthquake, the reactors could fail and there could be significant nuclear radiation leakage. I really cannot think of why it would be a good idea other than to power cites. Basically it's a bad idea in the long run...
Future of nuclear power?
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Why cant nuclear waste be deposited into deep space?
It could be, if the right rocket vehicles were built, but would the risk of it falling back to Earth in the event of a launch failure be acceptable?
