You must realise that any claimed advantages are based on scientists predictions, and to some extent wishful thinking, as it is not even determined in engineering terms how a nuclear fusion plant could be built, what materials could be used, and how the heat would be extracted.
However ever since fusion was proposed, scientists have been pointing out that it would produce much less radioactivity than fission does, and this is true, there would not be the spent fuel containing very highly active fission products that fission produces. There would be activation of structures in the plant due to the neutron irradiation coming from the plasma undergoing fusion. There are also consequences from needing to produce the tritium fuel, which is a dangerous substance to human health. So it all depends on future progress with ITER and further test rigs, but at the moment it is academic since it is very unlikely to happen within this century.
Fusion reactors produce energy by merging atomic nuclei, which is cleaner and safer than splitting them in fission reactors. Fusion does not create long-lived nuclear waste and poses lower risks of catastrophic accidents. Additionally, fusion fuel is more abundant and widely available than fission fuel sources.
There won't be the very radioactive fission products that are produced during uranium fission, so much less radioactive waste to worry about. Also a large part of the fuel, ie the deuterium or heavy water, can be produced from any source of water.
In case of fusion reactions, fusion reactors cannot sustain a chain reaction so they can never melt down like fission reactors. Fusion reaction produces very less or, if the right atoms are chosen, no radioactive waste. In case of nuclear fission large radioactive waste is produced and disposal of radioactive waste is a complicated problem. For nuclear power, fusion is the better choice.
Unfortunately, at this time nobody knows how to build a fusion reactor that generates as much energy as is needed to run it. In other words all current fusion reactor designs consume more energy than they can produce. Which makes them useless.
Fission reactors produce radioactive waste in the form of spent fuel rods. A fusion reactor would not produce radioactive waste, as it would convert Hydrogen into Helium. In the reaction chamber, there would be much radiation produced, but no radioactive waste as a byproduct of the reaction.
Fusion would produce less radioactive waste to be stored for centuries. The precise behaviour of a fusion plant can't be stated yet as there is no design for a working power plant. There are clearly no fission products, but the intense neutron bombardment of the reaction chamber would produce irradiated material.
As of July 2014 fusion reactors remain theoretical and the subject of active research and experimentation. Fission produces radioactive wastes, whereas fusion is expected to be cleaner.
one of them is that fusion power leaves no nuclear waste while fission does
Fission, if we can use it for producing power, has the advantages of a nearly endless supply of fuel and the production of no high level nuclear waste.
Nuclear fusion reactors do not exist yet as we don't know how to build them. All nuclear reactors are nuclear fission reactors.
Plenty of cheap fuel, and no radioactive waste.
Some advantages of using a fusion reactor to produce electricity are the abundance of fuel sources like hydrogen isotopes, minimal greenhouse gas emissions, high energy output, and inherently safe operation with no risk of runaway reactions.
Fusion reactors produce energy by fusing atoms together, similar to the process that powers the sun, whereas fission reactors split atoms. Fusion reactions in reactors have the potential for abundant fuel supply with deuterium and lithium, low radioactive waste, and enhanced safety due to the inherent characteristics of the fusion process. Additionally, fusion reactions do not generate long-lasting radioactive waste like fission reactions, making them potentially more sustainable in the long term.
The energy released by fusion is much greater than the energy released by fission. Fusion reactions involve the combining of lighter atomic nuclei to form a heavier nucleus, releasing large amounts of energy in the process. Fission reactions, on the other hand, involve the splitting of heavier atomic nuclei, which also releases energy but typically at a lower magnitude compared to fusion.
Nuclear fusion reactors do not exist yet as we don't know how to build them. All nuclear reactors are nuclear fission reactors.
Fusion reactors produce energy by fusing atoms together, similar to the process that powers the sun, whereas fission reactors split atoms. Fusion reactions in reactors have the potential for abundant fuel supply with deuterium and lithium, low radioactive waste, and enhanced safety due to the inherent characteristics of the fusion process. Additionally, fusion reactions do not generate long-lasting radioactive waste like fission reactions, making them potentially more sustainable in the long term.
explain how a fusion reactor would be similar to a fission reaction
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Plenty of cheap fuel, and no radioactive waste.
solar is a billion times better.
Nuclear fission, not to be confused with fusion.
The reactor(s) at Chernobyl are fission reactors, and fission of fuel and fission products following the fire and the overheating of the core melted it down.
Some advantages of using a fusion reactor to produce electricity are the abundance of fuel sources like hydrogen isotopes, minimal greenhouse gas emissions, high energy output, and inherently safe operation with no risk of runaway reactions.
Fusion is the combining of two atoms to make one, fission is the splitting of an atom to make two.
A. nuclear fusion C. Atomic Fracture B. Nuclear Fission D. Transformation thie correct answer will be A. nuclear Fusion.
The energy released by fusion is much greater than the energy released by fission. Fusion reactions involve the combining of lighter atomic nuclei to form a heavier nucleus, releasing large amounts of energy in the process. Fission reactions, on the other hand, involve the splitting of heavier atomic nuclei, which also releases energy but typically at a lower magnitude compared to fusion.