Saturday, December 15, 2012

Nuclear energy

what is nuclear energy?

Use nuclear reactor in the nuclear fission releases heat energy for power generation mode. It is very similar with thermal power. Only in nuclear reactor and nuclear power station steam generator instead of thermal power boiler, nuclear fission can substitute for fossil fuel chemical energy.Nuclear energy is a good substitute for fossil fuel, it than fossil fuels more efficient, more environmental protection. Nuclear energy is sustainable development,
it is estimated that the main fuel of the nuclear fission of uranium and thorium reserves in the world, about 4.9 million tons and 275 million tons respectively. These fission fuel enough to be used in the era of fusion energy. Light fusion fuel is deuterium and lithium, 1 liter of seawater can extract 30 milligrams of deuterium in a fusion reaction to produce approximately equal to 300 liters of gasoline energy, 1 liter of seawater equivalent to about 300 liters of gasoline, Earth Shanghai water 40 more than one million tons of deuterium, enough billions of years of human use.

The advantages and disadvantages of the nuclear energy
Advantages:

Firstly, nuclear power generation, unlike fossil fuel power generation, as a huge amount of emissions of pollutants into the atmosphere,therefore, the nuclear power generation does not cause air pollution.
Secondly, nuclear power generation does not produce carbon dioxide aggravate global warming.
Thirdly, nuclear fuel energy density than fossil fuels high on millions of times, it is used in nuclear power plants small volume of fuel, transportation and storage very convenient, a 1000 megawatt nuclear powerFactory for one year only 30 metric tons of uranium fuel, a voyage aircraft can complete the delivery.
Fourth, the cost of nuclear power, the lower the proportion of fuel costs, nuclear power generation cost less likely influenced by the international economic situation, in order to stabilize the power generation cost compared to other power generation methods.

Disadvantages: 


The Fukushima nuclear disaster has again shown us that nuclear reactors are fundamentally dangerous. None of the world’s 435 nuclear reactors are immune to human errors, natural disasters, or any of the many other serious incidents that could cause an accident. Millions of people who live near nuclear reactors are at risk.A year after the nuclear accident at Fukushima, Japan, the lives of hundreds of thousands continue to be affected by the disaster.The more than 150,000 who had to flee their homes because of radiation contamination.

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