points to be covered
1.the need
2.production process
3.comparison with other sources as in HEP and nuclear power
4.comparison with non conventional resources
5.additional information, if any
pleas help me here,
Thank you.
1. Nuclear power answers the need for
- a steady source of energy (wind is not steady)
- which does not add to the levels of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere (as oil, coal and natural gas do), and
- is comparatively inexpensive (comparatively speaking, oil, natural gas, wind, solar and other "green" power sources are all much more expensive than nuclear power);
Note: "electricity" is not a power source – it is a way of moving power around.
2. Nuclear power is produced by controlled splitting of uranium and plutonium atoms in a nuclear reactor, which heats water into steam; the rapidly expanding steam spins turbines which create electrical power to be used where it is needed. This is a steady process which is cheaper than all other ways of generating electrical power. If nuclear power had been allowed to be developed in the United States on the same scale as it is in France, 80% of our electricity would come from nuclear power (instead of 20% as it is today) and our need to import oil and burn coal would be dramatically reduced.
3) Compared to coal, nuclear power releases essentially no sulfuric acid into the air (coal causes acid rain, nuclear power does not) and since coal is most often found near granite formations along with radium, radon and uranium, coal releases MUCH more radioactivity into the air than nuclear power does.
The same arguments can be made against oil compared to nuclear power.
4) on a cost-effectiveness basis, it takes
$14 of residual fuel oil,
$8 of natural gas,
$2 of coal and
between 50 cents and $1 of nuclear power
to make a million BTU of energy.
Nuclear power is by far the cheapest fuel for making electrical power or heat.