Nuclear+Energy

__​ Nuclear Energy __​
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[|**http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/**KMNY8TZ] Note: please do not take this survey twice as your first and second survey. It will screw up my results if you do. Please, once you have taken this survey and learned, scroll to the bottom where there is a link to my 2nd survey. Nuclear energy is energy that is created in the process of a Nuclear reaction. Nuclear power is generated all around us; all you have to do is look up. The sun and the stars, with seemingly never-ending amounts of energy, use Nuclear reactions to make light and generate heat. While this process is essential up there, we do not use a lot down here. Nuclear power provides 16% of the world’s electricity, a fairly low percentage. For some, Nuclear energy appears as a great alternative for not only us, but the environment. For others, Nuclear energy is incredibly dangerous and should be stopped immediately because it endangers the lives of people.
 * What is nuclear energy? **

Please watch this short video that explains the process of creating nuclear energy and how it is used to create electricity.

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Are fossil fuels used to generate nuclear power? ** Because coal and oil are not very abundant on earth, nuclear energy is a good alternative because it does not use these resources. Nuclear power plants need less fuel than places that are burning fossil fuels. Also, one ton of Uranium produces more energy than several million tons of coal or several million barrels of oil. Nuclear power plants can still produce electricity when coal and oil become scarce. Unlike other types of energy sources, nuclear energy does not cause air pollution. If a nuclear power plant is mostly successful, contaminants will not be released into the environment. A nuclear explosion is a sudden release of radioactivity from the uranium, and while nuclear energy is not perfectly safe, if nuclear energy is managed​ correctly, explosions can be avoided. Since a sudden release of radioactivity begins simply in a few cubic meters of space, there are defenses that can be put up in suspected areas. Also, if an accident happens in a non-protected space or an already protected area and it breaks through the defenses, the time scale of the possible accident is fairly slow. There would be plenty of time to put up extra defenses or put up other defenses on certain areas. And if nothing could be done, because the amount of time it takes is slow, and there are a number of steps, there is time to evacuate the endangered area.
 * Is nuclear energy an extremely dangerous energy source? **


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