Nuclear Basics
The splitting of a large atom into smaller parts.
What is nuclear fission?
What is the first step after fission releases heat?
What is heat used to boil water?
What type of emissions does nuclear energy produce very little of?
What are greenhouse gas emissions?
Waste that contains radioactive materials and emits radiation.
What is radioactive waste?
What is one risk of nuclear energy?
What is nuclear accidents or radioactive waste?
This is one renewable energy source mentioned.
What is solar or wind?
The atom commonly used in nuclear fission.
What is uranium?
What does the steam do in a power station?
What is spins a turbine?
Why is nuclear energy better than fossil fuels for climate change?
What is producing low greenhouse gas emissions?
Radioactive waste emits this and makes it dangerous to living things.
What is radiation?
A situation where radiation may be released due to failure in a reactor.
What is a nuclear accident?
This is one disadvantage of renewable energy.
What is depend on weather?
This happens to the atom during fission, and causes mass amounts of energy.
What is atom splitting?
Steam spins this in the power station?
What is a turbine (connected to a generator).
What does “reliable” mean in the context of nuclear energy?
What is it can run continuously and does not depend on weather?
What is the difference between low-level and high-level waste?
What is:
They absorb neutrons and control the reaction.
What are control rods?
How is nuclear energy different from renewable energy?
What is nuclear is reliable?
The type of energy released during fission.
What is heat energy?
Fission → heat → water boils → steam → turbine spins → ?
What is electricity generated?
Why is nuclear energy not affected by weather?
What is because it does not rely on sunlight or wind?
Why is high-level waste a long-term problem?
What is remains radioactive for thousands of years?
They prevent overheating by removing heat.
What are cooling systems?
This is why is nuclear energy not currently used in Australia.
What is require changes to laws and infrastructure?
This is released during fission.
What is stored energy?
Steam transfers this to spin the turbine.
What is energy?
Explain two advantages of nuclear energy using evidence from the text.
What is helps reduce climate change and uns continuously?
At which stages of nuclear energy production is waste produced?
What is mining, processing fuel, and using it in reactors?
Why are nuclear accidents rare?
What are safety systems?
This joins atoms, but it requires very high temperature and pressure, making it difficult to use on Earth.
What is fusion?