Our energy consumption has increased year by year and we need every energy source we can get.
The use of nuclear power is a more controversial subject.
Critics claim that nuclear power is an uneconomic and potentially dangerous energy source. They also point to the problem of storing radioactive waste, the potential for possibly severe radioactive contamination by accident or sabotage.
Proponents claim that these risks are small and can be further reduced by the technology in the new reactors. They further claim that the safety record is already good when compared to the other major kinds of power plants, that many renewables have not solved the problem with their intermittent power production.
The use of nuclear power is a more controversial subject.
Critics claim that nuclear power is an uneconomic and potentially dangerous energy source. They also point to the problem of storing radioactive waste, the potential for possibly severe radioactive contamination by accident or sabotage.
Proponents claim that these risks are small and can be further reduced by the technology in the new reactors. They further claim that the safety record is already good when compared to the other major kinds of power plants, that many renewables have not solved the problem with their intermittent power production.
HOW NUCLEAR POWER WORKS
- Nuclear fission makes heat.
- Heat water to make steam.
- Steam turns turbines.
- Turbines turn generators.
- Electrical power sent around country.
Heat is produced in a nuclear reactor when neutrons strike Uranium atoms causing them to fission in a continuous chain reaction.
When the control elements are inserted into the core, more neutrons are absorbed, and the chain reaction slows or stops, reducing the heat.
The heat produced by nuclear fission heats the water and turns it to steam.
The steam drives a steam turbine, which spins a generator to produce power.
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