0
Nuclear power plants can produce energy more cheaply and with less pollution them plants that use fossil fuels why are there not more nuclear power plants dad plants that burn fossil fuels?
Wiki User
∙ 9y ago
The problem of disposing large amounts
of nuclear waste is not resolved.
bengalsxbills
Haylie Corkery
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Do nuclear gases affect global warming?
Nuclear reactions do not produce gases, except for some of the fission products which are gaseous, like xenon, but these are contained securely within the fuel rods and would only be released in the event of a fuel melt down. So nuclear power does not produce greenhouse gases.
Fossil fuels are running out. Solar and wind technologies are location specific and don't produce enough power to entirely replace fossil fuels. These are reasons to focus on which of the following?
nuclear power
What does radioactive pollution do?
We can identify sources that lead to radioactive pollution to the following: * the use of depleted uranium in kinetic weapons * natural sources (radon from granite) * drywall * coal burning * uranium mining * lost or stolen radioactive sources from industry or medical facilities * nuclear weapon * transportation * disposal of nuclear waste * nuclear power plants The impact of radiation on human life is in addition to the immediately poisonous nature of some radioactive materials: * Carcinogenicsis (causes cancers) * Mutigenesis (causes non cancerous changed at the cellular level) * Teratogenisis (causes changes to fetal development)
Uranium oxide can be refined to make fuels for nuclear reactors this is an example of a mineral being used for purpose?
Sintered pellets of uranium dioxide, with natural uranium or low enriched in 235U, are currently used as nuclear fuels to produce electric/thermal energy.
How much pollution does a truck produce?
A large truck would produce as much as pollution as 150 cars!
What are 3 types of energy that do not produce any air pollution?
Nuclear, hydro, wind
Why is it goood to have nuclear power staions?
They don't produce pollution like burning fossil fuels does
Is noise pollution a possible negative effect of nuclear energy?
Nuclear energy itself, in a nuclear reactor, does not produce noise. The associated steam turbine plant will produce some noise, but probably not much outside the plant boundaries. The exception would be when a turbine has suddenly shutdown and steam has to be blown off for a while, that would probably be heard for a mile or two.
What are some drawbacks with using uranium to produce electricity?
- possible problem with pollution - possible problems with some accidents in nucear fuel plants or in nuclear reactors - nuclear wastes
Is nuclear energy and nuclear fuel different?
Nuclear fuel is the fuel used to produce nuclear energy.
What nuclear reaction is currently used to produce nuclear energy in nuclear reactors?
We use nuclear fission in nuclear reactors to tap nuclear energy.
Can americium produce nuclear fusion?
Americium was not tested to produce nuclear fusion.
What do nuclear power plants have to do with nuclear energy?
Nuclear power plants produce electricity by using nuclear energy
How is nuclear energy used to produce electricity?
Nuclear energy, or nuclear power, uses exothermic nuclear processes to produce electricity. Nuclear power plants provide around 10% of the world's electricity.
Does a CANDU produce nuclear or hydroelectric power?
nuclear power
How do nuclear fusion differ fundamentally from nuclear fission?
Nuclear fusion doesn't produce energy.
Good way to use nuclear fission?
In nuclear reactors, to produce electricity
