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PROS AND CONS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY USAGE

PROS AND CONS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY USAGE. By: Evan Mattock, Briana Heath, Gabby Labrada, and Jordan Parker. Pros and Cons. Advantages/Disadvantages. Advantages Low Fuel cost -> High energy gain Generates enough energy to last 90% of the hours of a year (7,884 hours)

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PROS AND CONS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY USAGE

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  1. PROS AND CONS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY USAGE By: Evan Mattock, Briana Heath, Gabby Labrada, and Jordan Parker

  2. Pros and Cons

  3. Advantages/Disadvantages • Advantages • Low Fuel cost -> High energy gain • Generates enough energy to last 90% of the hours of a year (7,884 hours) • Reduces use of Fossil Fuels. • Disadvantages • Creates unstable/difficult amount of waste. • High cost to build -> has an expiration date to dismantle once built. • Unstable ability to contain the resources. One mistake -> Explosion

  4. Considered unstable? • Nuclear energy is considered highly unstable because of the excess energy the atom used to make it, Radiation. Continuous exposure to radiation can cause extreme illness or even death.

  5. Yes, even after the harmful effects of nuclear energy, it still produces the most amount of energy with the least amount of cost. Does nuclear power present an acceptable option for power?

  6. Benefits and Risks of nuclear energy • Benefits • Potential to reduce the amounts of fossil fuels burnt every year creating energy • Releases fewer amounts of hazardous emissions compared to conventional fuels Risks Risk of a catastrophic accident that may release radioactivity into the atmosphere Radioactive waste takes centuries to degrade. That may harm the environment.

  7. Fission or Fusion? • Nuclear energy is created by a Fission reaction. The sun uses a Fusion reaction. • Fission reactions are used to split the atoms to create energy. • Fusion reactions are used to combines atoms to create energy. • Fusion and Fission cannot be the same because they are opposites. Fusion has an element absorb more energy to create a larger nuclei, while Fission releases energy to split into smaller nuclei. Fission Fusion.

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