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Although nuclear waste in the spent fuel is dangerous to life, it doesn't produce enough thermal output to make this feasible. In an operating reactor a few percent of the reactor thermal output is in fact from the decay of fission products, and when a reactor is shutdown this heat has to be removed, so that emergency heat removal circuits are provided for situations where the main cooling pumps are not available. However the short lived waste soon decays, and the long lived material doesn't produce much power although still dangerous to life. The most it could do would be to heat water for heating of houses, but who would want nuclear waste in their basement? And in any case this would not be allowed under licensing controls, at present in the US nuclear waste is kept on the power station sites, because there is no agreed and licensed way of taking it anywhere else.
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Should nuclear energy be used to generate power?
It can be used to generate power but it is very dangerous yet little nuclear energy can generate ALOT of power.
From where radioactive wastes are produced?
By nuclear power plants
The use of nuclear reactors to generate electricity is what?
The use of nuclear power
Do nuclear submarines generate nuclear power on the submarine?
Yes, nuclear submarines generate nuclear power. There is a nuclear reactor on board (hence the tern nuclear submarine) which creates steam to drive the main engines to turn the screw(s).
Why is is important to dispose of wastes from nuclear power plants carefully?
The wastes are radioactive and could cause cancer.
Why is it important to dispose of wastes from nuclear power plants carefully?
The wastes are radioactive and could cause cancer.
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
How can nuclear power damage ecosystems?
Radiation
Are nuclear radiation and nuclear power the samething?
No, nuclear radiation has existed sense the first stars in the early universe began fusing hydrogen. Nuclear power is an industry created by man only in the early 1950s.
What are the example of nuclear force?
The energy released when a nuclear power plant generates heat to generate steam to generate electricity. The energy released when a nuclear weapon detonates.
What is nuclear power used?
Nuclear power is used to create large amounts of heat which generate steam. Basically, the steam is then used to spin steam turbines attached to generator sets, which generate power.
What is the difference in a nuclear power plant and a nuclear bomb?
A nuclear power plant uses a slow, controlled nuclear chain reaction to heat water and generate electricity. A nuclear bomb uses a very rapid uncontrolled nuclear chain reaction in order to generate a massive explosion.
