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Title: Nuclear energy


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

2
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

3
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

4
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
5
Nuclear Energy Map
States that use Nuclear Energy Have A diamond on
them.
6
Source
Splitting Atoms and burning uranium. After the
atoms have been split it creates a ton of steam.
7
How it works
By splitting atoms which gets really hot and
boils water to make steam. The steam makes the
turbines spin.
8
Fun Fact
Homer Simpson from "The Simpsons" works at the
Springfield Nuclear Power plant
9
Links
  • Nuclear Power Plant
  • Nuclear Explosion Tested Underwater
  • Nuclear Submarines
  • The Nuclear Bombs

10
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
11
Now Mr. Smith is Making Us do slides about OIL
12
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

13
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.

14
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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