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What is the waste of nuclear power?
Nuclear reactors produce heat, the heat then is used to make steam, turning turbines. Therefore, the waste of a nuclear power plant is excess steam.
Which countries have nuclear waste problems?
All countries that have nuclear reactors have nuclear waste and it is always a problem, though a manageable one.
Where is most of the high level waste from nuclear reactors stored?
ocean
Which is not a problem associated with the increase use of nuclear energy?
Three problems associated with nuclear waste
What is the most cost efficient way to produce power is it Nuclear power water power or coal bio fuels?
Nuclear power is the cheapest, safest, and most efficient way to generate power. there are breeder reactors that generate free power by creating fissile material from the normal nuclear waste. so, it does not generate waste
What has the author Michael P Hemsworth written?
Michael P. Hemsworth has written: 'Nuclear materials' -- subject(s): Nuclear waste, Nuclear reactors, Nuclear chemistry, Materials
Why would nuclear power plants using fusion be potentially better?
Nuclear fusion combines hydrogen atoms into helium atoms. Hydrogen is available from water and helium is an inert gas. When fusion reactors become technologically feasible, we will greatly reduce consumption of limited fossil fuels and production of greenhouse gases. Fusion reactors will not produce high level nuclear waste.
How much plutonium is in 1 ton of nuclear waste?
The amount of plutonium in the nuclear waste depends on the type of waste and its origin. If by waste, it is meant the spent nuclear fuel discharged from reactor after irradiation, then the plutonium amount depends mainly on the nuclear fuel initial enrichment, the neutron irradiation flux, and the time of irradiation.In usually operated nuclear power reactors of light water reactors, the discharged spent fuel contains roughly 1 kg plutonium per ton of fuel.
What do nuclear power stations produce very little of that are dangerous?
Nuclear waste.
Advantages and disadvantages of nuclear reactor?
One of the advantages of the nuclear reactors is that they do not produce smoke particles that pollute the environment and therefore lead to the acidic rainfall. The other advantage is that it is easier to control the output of a nuclear reactor to fit a given need. One of the disadvantage of the nuclear reactors is that the disposal of the nuclear waste is very expensive.
Can you get power from the radioactive element Xenon?
xenon is usually a waste product of nuclear reactors and although has power not that much
After the US made 32000 nuclear bomb from fear of communisum how much nuclear waste was the US left with?
if the US did make 32000 nuclear weapons (it did not) they all can be dismantled and put into civillian nuclear reactors, where the fission process converts the plutonium into other (slightly weird) by producucts. If you are wondering about the amount of waste made by the original breeder reactors, just as much as a normal reactor.
