As we all know, nuclear energy is the most efficient and 0% emission energy used today. If we talk about clean energy, nuclear energy always comes up. It's the second most used energy to produce low carbon electricity. And that is exactly why NUCLEAR ENERGY IS THE FUTURE.
Production
There are two concepts. Fusion and fission. Nuclear energy is produced with fission of atoms. In this process of fission, uranium atoms are splitted using neutron, to start an infinite split reaction.
This reaction causes a lot of heat. This heat is used to convert the water into steam, which is compressed and then sent to move the propellers of a turbine, which converts it into electricity.
Advantages
Now, what's the difference here? Between traditional method of generating electricity and the nuclear way? There's no byproduct or waste in electricity production using fission method. While as you'll get a lot of waste if you generate electricity using fossil fuels.
Do you know why this method is so effective? Talking about numbers, using this method for electricity generation, it saved millions of metric tons of carbon dioxide emission in America alone.
You'll need a lot less space if you want to generate electricity using nuclear power. Let's say your nuclear setup for electricity generation is of 1000 megawatt capacity, which generally is spread over one square mile. Now nuclear energy produces 300 times more electricity than a wind mill setup in that same area. Hence, minimal carbon footprint.
Applications
Radioisotopes
Agriculture
Consumer products
Food Industry
Medicine
Transport
Water resources and the environment
Disadvantages
Everything has it's own disadvantages. No matter what results it gets, you cannot ignore the disadvantages. Some of them are
Fuel supply:- it requires a lot of fuel. Here fuel is uranium. And it's hard to provide so much consumption. That's a big downside.
Security:- this is the most concerning thing about nuclear energy. The plant needs to be extremely secure. It must be ready to avoid even small accidents. Why? Because nuclear energy in it's production state is highly unstable and volatile. And we don't want another Chernobyl, do we?
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