Nuclear+Power

Y10 Science Global Issues Nuclear Power

What is nuclear power? Lets find out.


 * Nuclear power** is the use of sustained nuclear fission to generate heat and do useful work. Nuclear power plants provide about 6% of the world's energy and 13–14% of the world's electricity

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Australia is the second largest supplier of Uranium ore after Canada, yet it doesn't have a single nuclear power station. 1kg of U ore = 100kg of coal. Uranium also emmits far less green house gases and Co2 then coal. The bad thing is that there needs to be a safe place to get rid of the nuclear waste, and also that the plants run on electricity.