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    Nuclear energy involves splitting atoms through nuclear fission to produce heat. This heat is used to boil water and produce steam that turns turbines, generating electricity. There are currently 61 nuclear power plants operating in the United States, which account for 20% of the country's electricity production. Nuclear energy has some advantages like providing an alternative to fossil fuels and not depending on natural resources, but also has disadvantages such as being very dangerous, producing long-lasting radioactive waste, and posing terrorist risks if nuclear materials are weaponized.

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    Nuclear energy involves splitting atoms through nuclear fission to produce heat. This heat is used to boil water and produce steam that turns turbines, generating electricity. There are currently 61 nuclear power plants operating in the United States, which account for 20% of the country's electricity production. Nuclear energy has some advantages like providing an alternative to fossil fuels and not depending on natural resources, but also has disadvantages such as being very dangerous, producing long-lasting radioactive waste, and posing terrorist risks if nuclear materials are weaponized.

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    NUCLEAR ENERGY

    WHAT IS NUCLEAR ENERGY?

    Nuclear energy is the energy released during


    nuclear fission.
    In a nuclear power plant the heat is produced
    from splitting atoms-a process called nuclear
    fission.

    THIS HEATED WATER IS CIRCULATED THROUGH TUBES IN


    STEAM GENERATORS, ALLOWING THE WATER IN THE STEAM
    GENERATORS TO TURN TO STEAM, WHICH THEN TURNS
    THE TURBINE GENERATOR .

    ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

    Advantages:

    Nuclear energy is that its an alternative for fossil fuels.

    It does not depend on natural aspects.

    Disadvantages:

    Very dangerous

    Hard to maintain

    Threatening terrorist attacks

    They can be used as nuclear weapons

    High risks of building the power plants.

    HOW EXPENSIVE IS NUCLEAR ENERGY?

    Nuclear energy is .79 cents/KWH


    It cost 2-2.5 billion dollars to build a nuclear
    power plant

    HOW MANY NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS ARE


    THERE IN THE UNITED STATES?
    There are 61 commercially operating nuclear power
    plants

    WHAT DO WE DO WITH NUCLEAR WASTE? WHAT


    ARE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS?
    They store the nuclear energy at a central repository underneath
    Yucca Mountain in the Nevada desert 80 miles from Las Vegas.
    Nuclear energy has the lowest impact on the environment of any
    energy because it doesnt emit air pollution. It isolates its waste
    from the environment and requires small amount of land.

    WHAT IS HEAT POLLUTION AND WHY IS IT BAD?


    Heat pollution is the act of altering the temperature of a
    natural water body such as rivers or lakes. This can
    lead to deforestation, and soil erosion and many more.
    The metals and salts build up in the water in the power
    plants that are discharged from the plant effect the
    aquatic life and also lead to the heating of the water
    which also harms the animals.

    WHAT IS HALF LIFE AND HOW IS IT IMPORTANT?


    Half life is the time taken for radioactivity of a specified
    isotope to fall to half of its original value.
    For a given substance the half life is the rate of
    breakdown or reduced radiation of that substance

    HOW MUCH POWER IS GENERATED?


    For 24 hours a plant generates 12,048 mwh
    Nuclear power accounts for 20 percent of the United
    States electricity production.

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