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What is the safe and harmful of nuclear fission and nuclear fusion?
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Is nuclear fusion more dangerous then nuclear fission?
We don't know much about fusion as it is still very experimental. It will not produce the dangerous fission products that fission does, but it may have other dangers unknown as yet. Nuclear fusion has more destructive potential than fission. Fusion is the principle powering the H-bomb developed in the Cold War. Just to put the power of a Fusion bomb in perspective, it is detonated by a fission bomb half the size of the one dropped on Japan. THAT'S JUST THE DETONATOR.
Is nuclear fission extremely safe?
Not at all.
Is nuclear fission safe?
It is inherently dangerous to living beings because it generates a great amount of radioactivity. However it can be made safe by thorough design and engineering, and careful operation. The principle has to be to contain the radioactivity, and if this is done then it becomes safe.
What are the improvements being made for using conventional sources of energy?
Well for nuclear energy they have two different types. Nuclear fission and nuclear fusion. Fission, is the splitting of an atom to create heat which then goes into steam turbines that create electricity. Fusion, is much more safe because it does not have radiation. Fusion creates massive amounts of energy through combining the substances of Deuterium and Tritium. The energy created is more than any other light atomic nuclei in the world. I dont know 2 much about it. But it sounds promising and a good alternative to burning coal and gas.
Why isnt nuclear fusion currently used as an energy source?
No absolutely positively safe and reliable methods of controlling it and containing it have beenperfected yet.If you think people are afraid of some radioactive air or water leaking from a fission plant,think how they'd feel about the possibility of a fusionreaction breaking out of the bottle,just a couple of miles outside of town !
What is chain re-action?
A chain reaction is the continuation of a reaction initiated by the reaction itself. In some cases it is a closed reaction, where the repetition ends. In others, it will continue until it exhausts the available reactants.A nuclear chain reaction would include1) fission, where the neutrons released by a split atom travel outward and cause fission in other radioactive atoms2) fusion, where the heat energy released by the reaction triggers the fusion of more atoms in a very hot and dense plasmaA nuclear reactor moderates a safe fission reaction in a critical mass of radioactive material by allowing only a portion of the neutrons to reach other fissionable atoms. Otherwise, the reaction would cascade into a runaway criticality that would generate too much heat, melting and damaging the nuclear pile.In an atomic bomb, the chain reaction spreads to millions of atoms practically instantaneously. The reaction only lasts a fraction of a second but releases an incredible amount of energy.
Is the San Luis Obispo city safe from a nuclear explosition if Diablo Canyon blows?
Diablo Canyon cannot "blow". It is physically impossible to bring the core to super-prompt critical geometry long enough to initiate destructive fission. All commercial nuclear power plants are that way. The city is safe.
What is the byproduct of nuclear energy?
We generally consider nuclear fission as the "splitting" of atoms. In this process, a large atomic nucleus splits into two smaller nuclei. The smaller nuclei are called fission fragments, and they are radioactive. Making nuclear energy, which we do in nuclear reactors, results in the production of large quantities of highly radioactive fission products. These byproducts require that we cool the spent fuel for long periods, and also that we store it for centuries so that the radioactive materials have a chance to decay and become less hazardous.
How is a nuclear power plant safe?
How is a nuclear power plant safe?
Which type of energy is the most expensive fuel?
Nuclear fission is extremely expensive when everything goes right. When things go wrong it is even more expensive. People haven't found a safe place to put the nuclear trash (spent fuel rods) yet.
Why do the very dangerous active fission products fount in nuclear energy need to be stored in a safe place?
the fuel remains active for thousands of years and is very deadly to humans causing certain death
What are some uses of nuclear energy?
Nuclear fission produces nuclear waste which has to be desposed off and because of the nuclear waste's long half-life it takes thousands of years before the waste becomes safe. Mining for U-238 is expensive and an enrichment process is required to turn U-238 to U-235 before it can be used in a nuclear reactor, this takes time and money and is another disadvantage.
