Nuclear Powers making
what natural resources do you need to make nuclear power?
Water and Uranium
This reactor design speeds up nuclear plant construction because components are factory-built and assembled as modules on site.
modular construction
What climate change contributor is not produced during the nuclear power process?
Greenhouse gases
How are spent fuel rods stored?
In large pools in the power plants to keep the radioactive material from heating up
what country uses the most nuclear reactors?
The United States
Some nuclear reactor components can weigh about this many tonnes before being lifted into places as modules
About 1,000 tonnes
Where is Lake Karachay?
Russia
What can endanger nuclear power plants?
Terrorist attacks, natural disasters, human error
how does nuclear power obtain energy
by splitting an atom
Even with new technologies, this process remains nationally regulated and focused on safety for nuclear reactors.
Reactor certification
What can buried nuclear waste leak into?
Groundwater
Mining what takes a lot of energy?
Uranium (primary fuel for nuclear power plants)
how is the steam produced from the radium and water produce energy
by spinning a turbine
Nuclear power helps future energy system by providing this type of reliable electricity that supports renewable energy sources.
Low-carbon baseload electricity
What is nuclear waste containment system on the Marshall Islands called?
The Runit Dome
What is the energy efficiency of nuclear power?
around 93%
describe the process of converting this energy to power
uranium rods are submersed In water heating up the water relisting steam to move a turbine
Besides producing electricity, nuclear energy may also help produce these two low-emission resources in the future
Heat and hydrogen
7,700 sq mi
What greenhouse gas is NOT produced from nuclear energy?
Carbon dioxide