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Nuclear Power

Explore the benefits and challenges of nuclear energy, from efficient energy production to waste disposal and plant safety. Learn about nuclear fission, steam plants, and fuel storage methods.

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Nuclear Power

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  1. Nuclear Power Bruno Caballero Browns Ferry Operations Training

  2. Nuclear Power

  3. Benefits of Nuclear Energy • 1 kg Uranium = 100,000 kg of oil • Less environmental impact to harvest • Nuclear plants don’t produce: • SO2 (acid rain) • CO2 (greenhouse) • Average cost is much less than fossil

  4. Benefits of Nuclear Energy

  5. Challenges of Nuclear Energy • Waste disposal; several remedies: • Containment • Treatment • Reduction • Reprocessing (recycling)

  6. Challenges of Nuclear Energy • The nuclear power plant accidents at Three Mile Island in the United States and Chernobyl in Ukraine are well known; however, despite these incidents, nuclear power has a remarkable record.

  7. Nuclear Steam Plants Boiling Water Reactors Pressurized Water Reactors

  8. Boiling Water Reactor

  9. Pressurized Water Reactor

  10. Pressurized Water Reactor

  11. What produces the energy? Nuclear fission

  12. n NEUTRON TARGET NUCLEUS COMPOUND NUCLEUS

  13. FISSION FRAGMENT 1 g-ray U-236* U-235 n n n g-ray FISSION FRAGMENT 2

  14. What happens to the old fuel? Onsite Storage Yucca Mountain

  15. On-site wet storage

  16. On-site Dry Cask Storage

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