Nuclear Power

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Nuclear Power

Benefits of Nuclear Energy

1 kg Uranium = 100,000 kg of oil Less environmental impact to harvest

Nuclear plants don’t produce: SO2 (acid rain) CO2 (greenhouse)

Average cost is much less than fossil

Benefits of Nuclear Energy

Challenges of Nuclear Energy

Waste disposal; several remedies: Containment Treatment Reduction Reprocessing (recycling)

 

Challenges of Nuclear Energy

The nuclear power plant accidents at Three Mile Island in the United States and Chernobyl in Ukraine are well known; however, despite these incidents, nuclear power has a remarkable record.

Nuclear Steam Plants

Boiling Water Reactors Pressurized Water Reactors

Boiling WaterReactor

PressurizedWater Reactor

PressurizedWater Reactor

What produces the energy?

Nuclear fission

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COMPOUNDNUCLEUS

TARGETNUCLEUS

NEUTRON

U23592

*U23692

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FISSIONFRAGMENT 1

FISSIONFRAGMENT 2

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rayU-236*U-235

What happens to the old fuel?

Onsite Storage Yucca Mountain

On-site wetstorage

On-site Dry CaskStorage