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Here are a few advantages and disadvantages to using a nuclear reactor
ADVANTAGES:
- Nuclear fuel will last longer inside the reactor.
- Power output is significantly higher then any other fossil fuel power plant.
- Little Co2 is produced throughout the whole life of a nuclear reactor, compared to a coal power plant.
- Is safe providing a nuclear power plant follows safety procedures.
DISADVANTAGES:
- Very expensive to build.
- Digging for Uranium is expensive and we have a limited source of it.
- Uranium must be enriched before it can be used inside a nuclear reactor which uses more energy to do and costs more money to prepare it.
- Nuclear waste must be disposed of safely and must be guaranteed that none of it will leak throughout its long lifetime(1000 years +).
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
Wiki User
∙ 13y agoPro: Clean energy. It does not produce any greenhouse gas or smog. Con: There is not yet a 100% safe way to store the nuclear waste created.
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