Nuclear energy

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Nuclear energy

• By Jacob B. (Laggase), Jacob V. (Texas) and Max
  Joelson (Kikki)

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Advantages

• Nuclear energy is so efficient that it doesn't
  need to be refueled for months! The Earth has
  limited supplies of coal and oil.
• Nuclear power plants could still produce
  electricity after coal and oil become scarce
• Some nuclear energy is produced naturally. For
  example, the Sun and other stars make heat and
  light by nuclear reactions
• Nuclear power plants need less fuel than ones
  which burn fossil fuels. One ton of uranium
  produces more energy than is produced by several
  million tons of coal or several million barrels
  of oil
• .Coal and oil burning plants pollute the air.
  Well-operated nuclear power plants do not release
  contaminants into the environment

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Disadvantages

• In this case uranium is highly radioactive.
• Nuclear energy pollutes...A LOT. (Well only if it
  is not operated properly)
• Can cause the plant to melt down
• The nations of the world now have more than
  enough nuclear bombs to kill every single person
  on Earth
• Nuclear reactors only last for about forty to
  fifty years

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Where Can You Find Nuclear Power

• IL, WA,CA
• AZ,KS,NE
• TX,LA,AR
• MO,IA,MN,WI
• MI,OH,VA,AL,MS
• GA,FL,SC,NC
• PA,TN,NH
• VT,MA,CT
• NJ,NY,MD

Also, Russia, the pioneer country for Nuclear
Power
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Nuclear Energy Map
States that use Nuclear Energy Have A diamond on
them.
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Source
Splitting Atoms and burning uranium. After the
atoms have been split it creates a ton of steam.
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How it works
By splitting atoms which gets really hot and
boils water to make steam. The steam makes the
turbines spin.
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Fun Fact
Homer Simpson from "The Simpsons" works at the
Springfield Nuclear Power plant
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Links

• Nuclear Power Plant
• Nuclear Explosion Tested Underwater
• Nuclear Submarines
• The Nuclear Bombs

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Lets Name Sources with
Speedy Claxton

• www.Howstuffworks.com
• www.youtube.com
• Google (Because www.Youtube.com is property of
  Google and we know that Google is not a resource
  but we also used Google images ).
• WWW.GOOGLE.COM
• Oil Link

Speedy
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Now Mr. Smith is Making Us do slides about OIL
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Advantages of OIL
Youre Watching The Family Learning Channel

• Oil is arguably the planets most versatile
  fossil fuel, yielding a vast quantity of other
  products following further processing.
• Oil is relatively easy to store and to transport
  between source and end-user its liquid form
  means that it can be pumped through pipelines
  where possible and put in a can to ship where
  this is not possible to pump it.
• Oil is cleaner and easier to burn than coal.
• Electricity produced from oil is reliable

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Disadvantages of OIL

• Oil is a non-renewable energy source that takes
  millions of years to form and therefore once
  existing and any new reserves are depleted there
  is no way to obtain more.
• While oil is relatively easy to transport, one of
  the more common transportation methods is
  shipping oil from port to port by supertanker
  massive purpose-built tanker ships capable of
  transporting enormous quantities of oil by sea.
  While spills are rare they are by no means
  unheard of and the resulting inevitably
  catastrophic effect on marine life, birds and
  coastlines is evident for many years.
• Burning oil generates carbon dioxide, a
  greenhouse gas although to a slightly lesser
  extent than coal in terms of the energy
  extracted.
• Oil contains sulphur which when burnt forms
  sulphur dioxide and sulphur trioxide these
  compounds combine with atmospheric moisture to
  form sulphuric acid, leading to acid rain. This
  can lead to destruction of forests and the
  progressive erosion of rock and masonry
  structures, both natural and man-made. The use of
  low-sulphur fuels can help to reduce the impact
  of this.
• Oil is neither as clean nor efficient in use as
  natural gas.

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Disadvantages of OIL

• Many of the countries where oil can be found are
  politically unstable around 70 of the worlds
  oil reserves are believed to be located in the
  Middle East. Developed nations with an
  oil-dependency have a vested interest in such
  countries and may seek to influence the politics
  of such countries to their own advantage.
• Locating additional oil reserves is an extremely
  costly ongoing process with no guarantee of
  success.
• While many of the products obtained from oil are
  hugely beneficial to mankind, many are also
  highly toxic.

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