With fossil fuels we burn them to produce heat. With nuclear fuel we produce a nuclear chain reaction in a reactor which produces heat. Using the heat to produce electricity is the same for both types of fuel.
The source of heat used to flash water into steam. In a nuclear power plant, it is nuclear fission. In a fossil fuel plant, it is the burning of the fossil fuel. The rest of the plant is fundamentally similar, although each type of plant is optimized for its own steam supply system.
Fossil fuels are made from decayed fossil material found below the surface of the Earth. Nuclear fuel is made from generating nuclear fission or fusion.
Fossil fuels are coal, oil, natural gas. Nuclear fission requires uranium or plutonium.
They use coal, oil, or natural gas as fuel instead of uranium
nuclear energy gives out less waste, no carbon dioxide and is cheaper than fossil fuels
They both produce heat or thermal energy
fossil fuels
Nuclear energy does not come from fossil fuels
extracting energy from nuclear fuels is more expensive than extracting energy from fossil fuels
Nuclear energy conserves the use of fossil fuel because if there is a nuclear power station there is no need to burn fossil fuel in that region.
Answerfossil fuels, because nuclear energy will always be on earth no matter what.AnswerSince neither fossil fuels nor nuclear fuels are renewable, we will run out of both.Our supply of nuclear may outlast our supply of oil, but it will not outlast our supply of coal or oil shale.The good news is that technology is developing very quickly for renewable energy, so we will probably need neither fossil fuels nor nuclear in the long term.
Solar and wind energy don't expel CO2 (carbon dioxide) into the atmosphere. Fossil fuels do. Also wind and solar energy are renewable energies. Fossil fuels will eventually run out.
Nuclear energy does not come from fossil fuels
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Nuclear fuel has a higher energy density than fossil fuels.
extracting energy from nuclear fuels is more expensive than extracting energy from fossil fuels
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Nuclear energy conserves the use of fossil fuel because if there is a nuclear power station there is no need to burn fossil fuel in that region.
If you use nuclear energy in place of fossil fuels, you are conserving the fossil fuel, that is reducing the amount you use.
Fossil fuels ends soon and not all countries have reserves. Also nuclear energy pollutes less than burning fossil fuels.
extracting energy from nuclear fuels is more expensive than extracting energy from fossil fuels
nuclear energy and burning fossil fuels to push turbines that make electricity. ************************************************* the two main sources are burning lots of fossil fuels and nuclear energy
Answerfossil fuels, because nuclear energy will always be on earth no matter what.AnswerSince neither fossil fuels nor nuclear fuels are renewable, we will run out of both.Our supply of nuclear may outlast our supply of oil, but it will not outlast our supply of coal or oil shale.The good news is that technology is developing very quickly for renewable energy, so we will probably need neither fossil fuels nor nuclear in the long term.
Solar and wind energy don't expel CO2 (carbon dioxide) into the atmosphere. Fossil fuels do. Also wind and solar energy are renewable energies. Fossil fuels will eventually run out.