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Nuclear energy can be used everywhere And it will be one day. the reason it can not be used today is because oil and coal producers still have far too much power. as this weakens as a result of increased cost nuclear power will take over. At this point whatever runs our power stations depends on the power of fuel suppliers.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 15y agoYour question indicates you are pro-nuclear. Many people are not however. The Three Mile Island incident frightened people although there was little radioactivity released and nobody was affected by this. Still, the reactor was written off which must have been a big financial loss for the owners. Then there was the devastating Chernobyl disaster. This however was in a badly designed plant, quite different to US reactors. These two incidents have led to a long hiatus in US new building, but there is now the intention to restart the building program, and also in the UK and other countries.
In the US there are 104 operating reactors, though I think it is true to say they were all built or at least started before Three Mile Island (1979), so I would say that is fairly widespread. Nuclear electricity provides about 20 percent of the total in the US, but it would be reasonable to double this if finance and siting allows.
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∙ 15y agoNuclear energy is being used all over the world. It is used less than it might otherwise be because of concerns about the safety of nuclear power plants and the disposal of nuclear waste, which is highly radioactive, poisonous, and lasts millions of years.
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∙ 14y agoI suppose it is best to ask them, but I think the main reason is that the radioactive waste will have to be stored for hundreds if not thousands of years, and that it is difficult to see how this is to be made a safe process, even if technological knowledge is lost in the future.
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∙ 14y agoThe main problem is the radiation that is produced, this requires very secure safety systems and expensive engineering to make it safe. Thus a nuclear power plant is always going to be expensive to build, and there is always the risk of a fault causing serious damage to the plant which might not be repairable.
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∙ 13y agoI would have thought the events at Fukushima would have made any utility thinking of nuclear power become hesitant.
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How are Nuclear energy transformed into usable energy?
Nuclear energy is used to produce steam. This steam used to rotate turbines
What is an example of converting Nuclear energy to electromagnetic energy in an energy transformation?
In a nuclear reactor, nuclear energy is converted to thermal energy. The thermal energy is used to heat water to make steam which can be used to spin turbines. The turbines spin electrical generators. A lot of electric power comes from nuclear power plants.
What other names are there for nuclear energy?
Nuclear power, atomic power used to be the term used but is now not used so much.
What is nuclear energy considered?
the energy released during nuclear fission or fusion, esp. when used to gnerate electricity.
What is the method used to produce nuclear energy in power plants?
nuclear fission
How are nuclear energy used?
Saying nuclear energy is like saying Norwegian furniture. Nuclear power/energy is used everywhere, in 2009 20% of all electricity in the US was nuclear origin.
Where is nuclear energy being used today?
Nuclear energy is found everywhere in the world and is used for powering many things, like homes, and businesses. Mostly it is found in the eastern part of the US.
Can nuclear energy be used everywhere?
Yes. There are virtually no physical limitations to where nuclear power can be used. Nuclear reactors have already been used on land, air and sea... and submerged and in space. Not only we humans use nuclear energy, but it is the primary source of energy in natural processess in the world too. Life on earth depends on the sun's energy, which in part is produced by nuclear fusion in the heart of the star.
What is Uranium energy used for?
Uranium is used as nuclear fuel in nuclear reactors.
Is magnesium used for nuclear energy?
Magnesium is not used in the nuclear energy.
Can wind energy be used everywhere?
yes wind can be used everywhere!!
Is nuclear energy and nuclear fuel different?
Nuclear fuel is the fuel used to produce nuclear energy.
How are Nuclear energy transformed into usable energy?
Nuclear energy is used to produce steam. This steam used to rotate turbines
What nuclear reaction is currently used to produce nuclear energy in nuclear reactors?
We use nuclear fission in nuclear reactors to tap nuclear energy.
How does nuclear energy help with robots?
No, nuclear energy is only used to make electricity
Nuclear energy that is used to power nuclear powerplants?
Nuclear energy generated by nuclear fissions of nuclear fuels.
What are the relationships between electrical energy and nuclear energy?
Nuclear energy is used to produce electrical energy, but there is no direct relationship
