Nucl

earPower
-"
ABoonorBane"
Nuclearener gyinscienti
fi
ct ermsdef inedast hei nhaustible
energyder iv
edf r
om thenucl eusofanat om byt hepr ocessof
nucleusbr eakupt hr
oughnucl earfi
ssionandnucl [Link]
fi
re,stream orelectr
icit
y,nuclearenergyi salsoasour ceofpower .
Buttheuseoft hispower f
ulener gydependsuponman, whether
tousei tconstructi
velyordest ruct
ivel
y .Ov erthey ears,scienti
sts
andr esearchershavebeent oilinghardt omaket hisener gyuseful
i
nagr icult
ure,i
ndustry,andtranspor tet c.
,withtheai m of
revampi nganent i
rel
ynewwor ld.
Nucl earener gyhast heabi l
i
tyt opr oduceel ectri
citywi thout
greenhousegasemi ssi ons.I tiscl eanert hanmanyot herf ormsof
ener gypr [Link] iall
y,nucl earpowerwoul dbe“ car bon-
zero”i ftheur anium wer emi nedandt r
anspor tedi namor e
effi
ci entway .Itreleasesami l
li
ont i
mesmor eener gy, as
compar edt ohy droorwi ndener gy .Lar gequant i
tyofener gyis
gener atedf r
om asi ngl enucl earpowerpl [Link] earr eact ors
makeuseofur ani um asf uelandpr oduceshugeamount sof
ener gyf rom smal lamount sofur ani [Link] thhast hehi gh
reser vesofur [Link] rentest i
mat esputt heur ani um suppl yas
enought olastf or30t o60y ear [Link] eov erotherf uelcy clesl i
ke
Thor ium ar eav ailabl ef orpowergener at i
[Link] eas, oi lreserves
andot herfossilty pef uel sar elikelyt or unoutshor tl
y .Nucl ear
powerpl antsoper ater eliablyandhav eacont i
nuousout putof
power .Thepl antsdonotgener all
yf aceoper ationsand
mai nt enancepr obl [Link] earener gyi sbyf art hemost
concent ratedf orm ofener gy,soi tcanbepr oducedi nl ar ge
quanti
ti
esov ershortper
iodsoft
[Link]
sof
wasteandwast [Link]
anti
snot
dependantonl ocalsour
cesli
keoi
landcoalandcanbesetupi n
anypartofthegl obe.
Nucl earpowerhaspot enti
alnucl earpr oli
[Link]
reactorsproducepl utonium whi chcanbeusedt omakenucl ear
[Link] earweaponsar eamaj orthr eattot hewor ldas
theycancauseal arge-scaledev ast [Link] ear eissueswi t
h
managementofr adioact i
vewast [Link] ueli shighly
radioactiv
eandhast obecar efullyst or edformanyy earsafter
[Link] dentmaycauseamaj ordi sast erresulti
ngi n
thousandsofcasual tiesandr el
easi nghi ghamount sofr adi
ati
on
i
ntot heenv i
ronment ,exampl e:expl osionofar eactorat
Cher nobylNuclearPowerPl anti nUkr aineandmel ti
ngoft hecore
ofar eactoratThr ee-Mi l
eIslandi nt heUni t
edSt at
[Link] ear
energyi sanalternativeener gybutnotar enewabl eener gyas
Uranium isanon- renewabl esour ceandi tssuppl i
esare
l
[Link] smaybev uner abl etargetst oany one
want ingtodisr
uptt hepowersuppl y ,andt ohav equi t
ehor ri
fi
c
resultsandtodev astateanent i
rer egion.
Nuclearpowerdef initelyhav eit
sownadv ant
agesandbenef its.
Howev erIpersonallyf eelthatIt’
sdefi
nitel
yabaneasi tishighly
[Link] st heuseoft hispower ,
whenpeoplear e
suffer
ingfrom sever eheal [Link]’
snottoodif
fi
cul tt
ol i
ve
withoutpower ,
buti t’
sdi ff
icultt
ol i
[Link]
ofTechnologyshoul dnotbeadangerf orhuman sur
[Link]
shouldwor kmor eonal ter
nat i
vessuchassol arener
gyand
hydroelect
ricenergieset c.