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Why do some people like nuclear power cleaner than coal or oil?
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∙ 13y ago
Nuclear power can be seen as cleaner than oil and coal because its use does not require the formation of harmful or polluting products. On the other hand, combustion of coal and oil for energy might produce carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide (which are greenhouse gases contributing to global warming), carbon smoke and ash (which are harmful to respiratory and circulatory systems), and nitric and sulfur oxides (which lead to acid rain).
Nuclear energy is presently not a clean form of energy due to some limitations in our current technology for harnessing nuclear power. Commercially viable nuclear energy is obtained from the fissioning of uranium 235, which yields solid waste that remains radioactive for thousands of years and needs to be enclosed in metal containers until radiation levels drop to a threshold safe for disposal. However, nuclear energy has the potential to be completely waste-free, especially in finding new ways to use the radiation energy from radioactive waste or in finding a method to induce nuclear fusion (a radioactive interaction involving the combination of nuclei, and which provides the heat and light energy of stars), which yields large amounts of energy without harmful waste products.
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Compare and contrast coal and nuclear power plant?
coal is black nuclear is purple
Do nuclear power plants pollute more than coal power plants?
No. Nuclear power is more efficient because nuclear power is used as splitting atoms, making big bursts of energy, whereas coal power is simply burning coal. So nuclear power uses uranium fission to create energy (electricity), whereas coal power burns coal, emitting carbon. (Mind you, nuclear energy leaves behind radioactive waste - that is arguably easier to deal with for the time being. Not to mention that accidents at nuclear plants can have devastating environmental effects.
Does uranium contain more energy than coal?
yes uranium contains a lot more energy than coal and that is one of the reasons that people prefer nuclear power to fossil fuel power but like coal uranium is not! renewable
Are nuclear power stations more efficient than coal power stations?
yes
Which is more dangerous nuclear power or coal and oil?
Presumably you mean nuclear power plants, not nuclear weapons. Most people would I think say nuclear power is more dangerous, but just look at the figures. The worst accident ever was at Chernobyl and I think about 50 people lost their lives directly, though more may get cancer eventually. Many people get cancer without nuclear power of course. But just think about how many coal miners have been killed in mining accidents, and how many have been killed in accidents on oil rigs, especially off-shore ones. This will put it in perspective. In a normal year, no-one is killed in nuclear plants due to nuclear accidents, though there are bound to be some normal type industrial accidents, and in fact as far as I know there has never been a death in a US nuclear plant due to a nuclear cause.
What power used in many European countries that land lack coal enabling their cities to have cleaner air?
nuclear energy
What are some benefits of a nuclear power plant?
Much cleaner than coal powered plants (no emissions) - although there is nuclear waste Produce relatively cheap energyProduces extremely large amount of energy compared to a coal plant
Compare and contrast coal and nuclear power plant?
coal is black nuclear is purple
Does the nuclear power station provides cleaner more efficient energy?
The main advantage of nuclear power is that it does not depend on manufacturing carbon dioxide from carbon fuels, as gas, oil and coal power plants do, so nuclear power plants save millions of tons of CO2 being dumped into the atmosphere.
Is coal or nuclear renewable?
Neither coal nor nuclear power are considered renewable, as there are only finite amounts of coal and uranium on Earth.
What is an advantage of coal power plants over nuclear power plants?
Coal Power plants are cheaper to build.
What is an advantage of nuclear power plants over coal power plant?
Coal Power plants are cheaper to build.
Do nuclear power plants pollute more than coal power plants?
No. Nuclear power is more efficient because nuclear power is used as splitting atoms, making big bursts of energy, whereas coal power is simply burning coal. So nuclear power uses uranium fission to create energy (electricity), whereas coal power burns coal, emitting carbon. (Mind you, nuclear energy leaves behind radioactive waste - that is arguably easier to deal with for the time being. Not to mention that accidents at nuclear plants can have devastating environmental effects.
What are the main sources of power?
Either nuclear power or burning coal.
What are the dangers of nuclear power and weapons?
Nuclear power has no dangers. It is the opposite. Nuclear energy is a clean source for power production. It is even cleaner than solar energy. Power generation from nuclear energy is cheaper than that produced from solar, wind, gas, oil, and wind energy sources. Nuclear radiation from nuclear power plants is 100 times less than nuclear radiation from coal fired power plants. Nuclear weapons are of mass destruction nature due to emitted nuclear radiation, heat, and pressure air waves.
Is A Coal Power Station Better Than A Nuclear Power Station?
yes a coal is nature nuclear uses lots of power Process for production of power from coal is very inefficient , More over it produces lot of carbon dioxide in to atmosphere (harmful green house gas). While Process for production of power from Nuclear plant is very good when compared with coal power. But initial and maintenance cost is very high. Unit cost for coal power is more economical than nuclear power. So economically coal power station is better. But on the basis of efficiency Nuclear power stations are good. When the deaths caused by the two types of mining are considered, coal fired systems have a much higher overall death rate. But the coal mining industry is improving this.
What produces cheaper electricity- a coal burning station or a nuclear power station?
coal
