Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Nuclear
- Advantages
- no carbon dioxide produced
- the ratio of the amount of fuel used and
the energy obtained is very good
- much more energy results
from a small piece of fuel
- Example
- Chernoybl
- Facts
- contamination still
a problem
- double figure deaths
- radiation plume (travelled to belarus)
- Legacy
- Disadvantages
- non-renewable
- accidents
- large amounts of radioactive material could be released into the environment.
- nuclear waste remains
radioactive and is hazardous to
health for thousands of years
- must be stored safely
- expensive
- terrorism
- safely transporting the radioactive fuel
- Future?
- On it's own?
- In combination with renewables?
- expansion in the uk
- hinkley point, somerset
- X2 sizewell, suffolk
- french success (EDF)