Here are 5 reasons why countries use nuclear power:
It is a back up plan for electicity
It uses a natural resource
It has no greenhouse or acid rain effects
It has a very small waste
It has a very large scientific base for the cycle
One use is in nuclear power plants to produce steam and turn turbines to generate electricity.Nuclear bombs ^.^
It was a nuclear bomb. Everyone was afraid of a nuclear bomb. The nuclear power plant malfunctioned. The Cold War was about fear of nuclear attack.
There technically is no "pollution" from nuclear power, the only by product is steam. The transport and storage of spent nuclear fuel is extremely secure and safe. The only time we are in danger of nuclear radiation are if the reactor vessels that house the nuclear rods are damaged or melt....which is extremely rare and only happens with a massive failure in the chain of events that govern and sustain the supply (in theory, a deliberate attack on a power plant would also cause a spill, too. Yet, so far, that hasn't happened). In the end, thousands of people die every year from the burning of fossil fuels, where as virtually nobody dies from the use of nuclear power. Over 85 of France's power usage comes from nuclear power, after all.
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* There are now some 435 commercial nuclear power reactors operating in 30 countries, with 370,000 MWe of total capacity.* They supply 16% of the world's electricity, as base-load power, and their efficiency is increasing.
Because it is there.
See www.world-nuclear.org and do your own research
There are a number of Asian countries that use nuclear power, Japan, China, India, Pakistan, and others.
France, China, the U.S., the U.K.
The countries that produce the most nuclear power are the United States, France, and China. These countries have a high number of nuclear reactors and significant investments in nuclear power infrastructure.
Japan and the US both use large amounts of nuclear power. The reason for this is both are highly populated, industrial countries. They use a lot of power, so they need efficient energy sources like nuclear power.
There are currently (year 2013) 31 countries having nuclear power reactors. The rest are not having nuclear power.
Countries that use uranium for energy production include the United States, France, China, Russia, and Canada. Uranium is used in nuclear power plants to generate electricity through a process called nuclear fission. These countries rely on uranium as a key fuel source to meet their energy needs.
There are several Asian countries that could be considered secretive and who use nuclear power. For instance, there are North Korea and China.
Countries that get the majority of their power from nuclear energy include France, which has one of the highest proportions of nuclear power in its energy mix, as well as countries like Slovakia, Hungary, and Ukraine. These countries rely significantly on nuclear energy to meet their electricity needs.
Power, weakness, greed, control, fear. Did I leave anything out?
32 countries in the world are using nuclear electric power.