Reduction in Air Pollution. Nuclear power can also be part of a strategy to address carbon emissions. Nuclear power plants emit no carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, or nitrous oxides.
Most countries that have sufficiently advanced science and engineering background do already have some nuclear power plants. Exceptions I can think of are Australia and New Zealand, and there it is because there are other types of fuel available and popular opinion is anti-nuclear, you would have to ask them why that is so. Also in Italy, they did have a few plants but a referendum gave a negative answer and so these plants were shutdown before the end of their life. Italians would have to tell you why they voted that way, and whether this opinion still holds today
Nuclear power amounts for a somewhat large portion of our the energy that we use. However, nuclear spills can be devastating. When a nuclear power plant leaks, radioactive material is released into the environment. This material is extremely harmful to humans and can cause many health problems and cancer. Radiation is spread through the air. It can take many years for the harmful material in the environment to go away. One of the most well-known nuclear accidents was the disaster at Chernobyl. Also, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan recently had a spill.
There were increasing concerns about safety due to some high-profile disasters involving nuclear power plants - particularly at Chernobyl and Three Mile Island. They were also very costly to build, and not necessarily as economical as other sources of energy (such as oil).
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A:The elements used in nuclear power station are radioactive elements such as thorium (Th), polonium, radium (Ra), uranium (U), etc. some moderators are also used like deuterium( isotope of hydrogen). A:The radioactive elements used for fuel in nuclear power stations must have certain important characteristics in addition to being radioactive. They need to be fissionable or fertile. There are two such elements occurring in nature, and these are uranium and thorium. Additional synthetic elements exist of this type, and the most important of these for nuclear power is plutonium. There are other complication to nuclear power, importantly that there must be a neutron source, and so, for example, uranium must be enriched to increase the number of neutrons, as its neutron source is uranium-235, which is not present in sufficient quantities in naturally occurring uranium.
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Nuclear fission refers to the splitting of an atomic nucleus. It occurs naturally and can be induced in order to release energy. Nuclear fission provides the energy released by nuclear weapons as well as the energy used to produce energy at nuclear power plants.
Most of it does, but some comes from weapons manufacture as well
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
Nuclear power plants supply power to parts of some citites. This is an example of how nuclear processes are used in industrial applications.
Most plants have two reactors but some have more
Some countries with nuclear power plants include the United States, France, China, Russia, Japan, and South Korea. These countries rely on nuclear energy for electricity generation.
Some people do not agree with Japan building and using nuclear power plants because twenty percent of the worlds earthquakes occur in Japan which causes dangers for the people living in Japan.
No, not directly anyway. Some power plants may use batteries for emergency power supplies.
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Uranium is very important as a nuclear fuel for nuclear power plants. Nuclear power plants have no contribution to global warming. Also producing electricity in nuclear power plants lead to economy of fossil fuels; note many countries has not fossils fuels and the prices are more and more greater. But uranium is toxic and radioactive.