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How many nuclear power plants are there in flo?

Nuclear power plants in Florida, US are ...Crystal River - one 914 MWe PWRSt Lucie - two 839 MWe PWR'sTurkey Point - two 693 MWe PWR's


How many people have been harmed by nuclear waste?

None as far as I know, but that is because it is very well controlled and contained. There are tales of things that happened in Soviet Russia, in the 50's and 60's, but little is known for sure. I don't class Chernobyl as nuclear waste, that was a damaged operating reactor.


How is nuclear waste created?

High level nuclear waste is created in two main ways: - Nuclear energy reactors during normal operations generate radioactivity which affects metals and water in the plant; also used-up fuel is left over after being used for reaction. - Nuclear weapons programs use nuclear reactors to create plutonium with a lot of radioactive byproducts. The leftover materials and just about everything that comes near the weapons material becomes nuclear waste. Low level nuclear waste is created in many ways, some of them not so obvious. - Hospitals use radiation in cancer treatment, nuclear imaging, etc. - Homes use radioactive materials in smoke detectors. - Naturally occurring radiation can effectively be concentrated in air and water filters, such as radon filters for well water. - Naturally occurring radiation can be concentrated in coal ash by coal-fired power plants, often along with dangerous pollutants like mercury. There are many other sources of low level nuclear waste and many tons of it must be safely disposed.


What is the Chernobyl nuclear accident?

A steam explosion followed by graphite fire that destroyed an RBMK nuclear power reactor, dispersing most of the radioactive material in the reactor's core across the Ukraine and much of Europe. The firefighters and many other emergency workers called to the site died from radiation poisoning. The causes of the disaster are complex including an unsafe design, improperly performing a test, repeated failure to follow safe operating procedures, having a manager in charge of the test with no nuclear reactor experience (his training was in hydroelectric power), etc.


Benefits of nuclear waste?

From nuclear wastes can be extracted plutonium, uranium, useful isotopes of cobalt, strontium, prometium, technetium and many other.

Related questions

Where is nuclear energy?

Nuclear energy is generated in nuclear power plants, of which there are many.


How many less tons of greenhouse gases are emitted from nuclear power plants?

Nuclear power plants emit no greenhouse gases at all.


How many nuclear power plants are in Fiji?

None


How many nuclear power plants are in Pennsylvania?

six


How many nuclear power plants in Germany?

17


How many nuclear power plants are there in the New Zealand?

None


How many people agree to nuclear power plants?

agree


How many U.S. nuclear power plants?

104 operating reactors


How many nuclear power plants in NJ?

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How many nuclear power plants in Arizona?

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How many nuclear power plants are there in the states?

104 operating reactors


How many nuclear power plants do you have in the US?

At present 104 in operation