Nuclear energy is needed according to the demands of the energy that creates electricity. Nuclear energy plays an important role in the air pollution because it reduces the carbon dioxide emitted to the air. According to the new research that was done by The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN)‚ about the uses of nuclear technology‚ the radioisotopes and radiation used in food and agriculture to reduce these figures that was done 2014-2016 that shows 795 million people
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Nuclear Energy is the Future An Argumentative essay Presented to Dr. Marianne Jennifer M. Gaerlan Department of English and Applied Linguistics De La Salle University In partial fulfillment of the requirements for ENGLCOM Term 2‚ AY 2011-2012 09 December 2011 Do you believe that something small can power a country? A pound of Uranium has the capacity to produce the same amount of energy of 3 million pounds of fossil fuel. That ’s how powerful nuclear energy is‚ generating so
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Nour Aljafari @55471 WRI 102‚ 11 am Nuclear energy: the future power supplier Ever since humanity has existed‚ there has been an increasing demand for energy as a means of survival‚ from its usage for cooking and warmth‚ all the way to electricity generation for production and agricultural activities. Today‚ over 80% of energy consumption comes from fossil fuels‚ which include coal‚ oil and natural gas (Irvine‚ 2011). However‚ those fuels are not renewable and won’t last for more than a
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Nuclear Energy Overview: The Basics of Nuclear Energy — An Overview Nuclear power uses the energy created by controlled nuclear reactions to produce electricity. Fission Nuclear Fission Source: Atomicarchive.com at: http://www.atomicarchive.com/Fission/Fission1.shtml The most commonly used nuclear reaction for power generation is nuclear fission. Nuclear fission is the splitting of an atom’s nucleus into parts (lighter nuclei that are different from the parent and neutrons) by capturing
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Is Nuclear Energy Safe? Atomic energy is the released by a nuclear reaction. Nuclear energy is an alternative for things that produce energy like coal‚ wind‚ or other natural resources. The use of nuclear energy in the world has had a huge impact on the economic qualities of countries. When countries use nuclear energy they are putting the people in risk of radioactive poison and cancer. Some people argue that nuclear energy is worth the risk if it saves money‚ but nuclear is too risky because
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Nuclear Energy and the Environment In our society‚ nuclear energy has become one of the most criticized forms of energy by the environmentalists. Thus‚ a look at nuclear energy and the environment and its impact on economic growth. Lewis Munford‚ an analyst‚ once wrote‚ "Too much energy is as fatal as too little‚ hence the regulation of energy input and output not its unlimited expansion‚ is in fact one of the main laws of life." This is true when dealing with nuclear power. Because
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CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING NUCLEAR ENERGY AS AN ALTERNATIVE POWER SOURCE: THE PHILIPPINE SETTING The study is all about the prospects of Nuclear energy as an alternative source of power in the Philippines. The country is experiencing high-cost payment in electricity bills in the past years and tend to even grow more costly. Since the topic is Nuclear energy‚ the study as well will take up the future perspectives of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant as the main reactor or will just resemble
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Nuclear Energy‚ Issues and Solutions With the creation of Nuclear weapons‚ potentially the worst thing that has happened to humanity in it’s history‚ came something with a lot of potential to do good. Nuclear energy is both very clean and very efficient. However there have been many tragic accidents regarding Nuclear energy. Chernobyl is the most notable disaster‚ currently however we are in the middle of a potential disaster unfolding at Japan’s Fukushima Nuclear Facility. Nuclear Energy is
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Nuclear power uses unstable elements like uranium. Uranium is constantly going through a process called nuclear decay‚ which means the atom is splitting apart over a period of time‚ measured in half-lives. This is why it is the element of choice for nuclear power plants. Uranium is special because it can go through what is called induced fission. Induced fission is when a free neutron is fired at an atom (like uranium). The atom will absorb the neutron‚ and immediately becomes unstable and splits
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under scholarly articles. The article explains how there is renewed interest in Nuclear Energy as an energy source that could solve the issue of electricity without carbon emissions. The article then explains how nuclear energy performs‚ its safety issues and waste management strategies. The article also mentions negative aspects of Nuclear Energy including the problems in nuclear power development including costs of nuclear reactor construction and security concerns. I will likely use this article
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