Nuclear Energy

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picture to the right shows this. Fusion gives off energy to boil water and make steam to turn turbines. Unfortunately scientists have not yet been able to use nuclear fusion to make electricity because there are three things required. First, you need an extremely high temperature. Second, you need to have 2 small nuclei that will fuse together and give off energy. Third, you need the ability to capture the energy given off. As you know nuclear fission works on uranium but nuclear fusion uses deuterium and tritium, both isotopes of hydrogen which is an unlimited source of energy. Therefore nuclear fusion could possibly last forever.

Advantages and DiSadvantages.

Nuclear energy has some good and bad qualities One of its best qualities is that it gives off lots of energy from little amounts of uranium. One major disadvantage is that it makes variable amounts of radioactive waste. This waste is causing a big problem for the world for its storage and irradiating. Another advantage ...

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