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What are the disadvantages of using coal and nuclear energy such as pollution?
Coal produces CO2, and also sulphur dioxide depending on the sulphur content of the coal used, and these are released to the atmosphere during operation. Nuclear energy produces radioactive waste, which is contained in the spent fuel. This can be stored safely and thus not released to the environment, but it needs to be stored for many years, perhaps even thousands of years.
Can nuclear power plants produce material that could be converted?
Nuclear energy is released from the nucleus when U235 fissions, it appears initially as kinetic energy of the fission fragments, these are then stopped in the fuel material and turned to thermal energy. We can't use the nuclear energy directly.
Give two reason why Nuclear energy is a good way of generating electricity?
For the same amount of conventional fuel such as coal or oil, nuclear fuel releases far more energy, as nuclear power is generated through the splitting of a nucleus rather than by chemical means. Also, no greenhouse gases are produced during a nuclear reaction, meaning nuclear power's contributions towards global warming are negligible, only requiring emissions in transport of materials and other miscellanea.
What is nuclear energy if it is not nonrenewable and not a fossil fuel?
It is nonrenewable!! Once we burn up all the Uranium we have no more.
Is coal a fossil fuel or a nuclear fuel?
Fossil
What produces energy for a nuclear power plant?
The energy source for a nuclear power plant is the fissioning of nuclear fuel, which is normally uranium.
Is nuclear energy and nuclear fuel different?
Nuclear fuel is the fuel used to produce nuclear energy.
What energy resource means splitting large atoms into smaller ones?
Nuclear energy and nuclear power plants utilize the enormous power of fission, which is essentially splitting an atom into smaller atoms, often producing extra neutrons and photons as a by-product. The amount of energy in nuclear fuel is about a million times that of the energy that one can find in chemical fuels like oil.
Which source of energy is used for fusion?
Nuclear fusion produces energy from the changes in the nuclear composition of the fuel, which is a mixture of deuterium and tritium. Essentially what happens is that some of the mass of the nuclei is destroyed and this releases energy
What is the energy source in a nuclear power plant?
The energy comes from the constant fissioning (splitting) of atoms within the nuclear fuel, which is normally uranium or plutonium. The energy is released as heat within the reactor, and boils water for the steam turbines that convert it to electricity.
Is nuclear a fuel or a fossil fuel?
Nuclear energy is not a fossil fuel or any fuel at all. Radiation is used to create energy. The energy is "the Fuel" petroleum
What provids 95 percent of the worlds energy?
The world's 70% of the energy comes from coal or fossil fuel based power, most of the countries currently use Nuclear as their leading power supply, one such example is France which produces 90% of its energy from Nuclear fuel
What is the name of the process in which a nuclear fuel produces heat?
Nuclear fission
What process generates the heat and energy in present day nuclear power plants?
Nuclear fission and nuclear fusion are the two processes that are used in the nuclear power plants. Nuclear fission refers to the process of splitting the atomic nuclei while nuclear fusion refers to the process of joining the atomic nuclei.
Do nuclear power plants make electricity from fossil fuel?
No. Nuclear power plants use a uranium to provide the heat to generate electricity from. By splitting the nuclei of uranium atoms (called nuclear fission), energy is released, which will be used for electricity generation. Uranium is a radioactive metal, not a fossil fuel.
What is the type of energy in fuels?
That is called chemical energy - assuming conventional fuel. Nuclear fuel has nuclear energy.
Are all the atoms of an element?
Nuclear power produces around 11% of the world's energy needs, and produces huge amounts of energy from small amounts of fuel, without the pollution that you'd get from burning fossil fuels.
