Nuclear energy Facts

Non-renewable energy

Produced in nuclear reactors or power

plants

31 countries = 435 active nuclear

reactors

70 more new nuclear reactors are under construction

Produces 11% world energy needs

Largest producers are USA, France,

Russia

Nuclear power uses fission to create

heat and electricity.

Nuclear weapons use the energy produced by fission or fusion to

create destructive blasts.

Uses of nuclear energy

Industrial uses

Consumer products

Medicine and scientific research

Space exploration

Food and agriculture

Water Disalination

Consumer products

Industrial uses

Nuclear reactors or

power plants

Nuclear electricity production

2012

Nuclear energy

production by countries

2013

Nuclear waste

products

Nuclear weapons or

missiles

Advantages Disadvantag

es Produce huge amounts of

energy 28 grams of uranium = 100

metric tons of coal

Does not produce smoke or CO2

Dangerous waste products

Costs a lot for safety purposes

Natural disasters and diseases

Reliable because it does not depend on weather

Cheaper electricityWar purposes hydrogen

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