Comments on: can u compare the advantages and disadvantages of nuclear power over electricity and other sources of power? http://cutyourelectricbills.com/compare-electricity/can-u-compare-the-advantages-and-disadvantages-of-nuclear-power-over-electricity-and-other-sources-of-power Cut your electric bills by generating your own electricity. Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:55:59 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Peppermint Patty http://cutyourelectricbills.com/compare-electricity/can-u-compare-the-advantages-and-disadvantages-of-nuclear-power-over-electricity-and-other-sources-of-power/comment-page-1#comment-2649 Peppermint Patty Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:39:59 +0000 http://cutyourelectricbills.com/compare-electricity/can-u-compare-the-advantages-and-disadvantages-of-nuclear-power-over-electricity-and-other-sources-of-power#comment-2649 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.<br><b>References : </b><br>http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/mer/pdf/pages/sec9.pdf "Energy Prices," Energy Information Administration, 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.
References :
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/mer/pdf/pages/sec9.pdf
"Energy Prices," Energy Information Administration,

]]> By: Venkata http://cutyourelectricbills.com/compare-electricity/can-u-compare-the-advantages-and-disadvantages-of-nuclear-power-over-electricity-and-other-sources-of-power/comment-page-1#comment-2648 Venkata Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:27:59 +0000 http://cutyourelectricbills.com/compare-electricity/can-u-compare-the-advantages-and-disadvantages-of-nuclear-power-over-electricity-and-other-sources-of-power#comment-2648 Nuclear is more important to any country in these,these technology should adopt by each country Main advantages Power Generation,lot of uranium raw is available in all over the world these raw uranium has to be utilized for the power generation Power generation through collision of neutrons it is a cyclic process,one neutron produce three neutrons and it will a produce more and more energy this heat is used to boil the water inorder to convert into steam and the process is same it is sent to turbine for power generation the walls of nuclear plant is 10m thick, the disadvantage is uranium,thorium are the most radiated materials it will effect the evironment badly. electricity production through thermal power palnts is cheap compare to nuclear,but in india the power plant gives very less effeiciency due to coal material,the coal has more volatile material and more ash content The source of coal may be decresed in few years,coal is conventional so uranium is better for power production. non conventional energy resources like solar,geothermal,wind,tidal these give less effeiciency compare to nuclear<br><b>References : </b><br> Nuclear is more important to any country in these,these technology should adopt by each country
Main advantages
Power Generation,lot of uranium raw is available in all over the world these raw uranium has to be utilized for the power generation
Power generation through collision of neutrons it is a cyclic process,one neutron produce three neutrons and it will a produce more and more energy this heat is used to boil the water inorder to convert into steam and the process is same it is sent to turbine for power generation
the walls of nuclear plant is 10m thick, the disadvantage is uranium,thorium are the most radiated materials it will effect the evironment badly.
electricity production through thermal power palnts is cheap compare to nuclear,but in india the power plant gives very less effeiciency due to coal material,the coal has more volatile material and more ash content
The source of coal may be decresed in few years,coal is conventional so uranium is better for power production.
non conventional energy resources like solar,geothermal,wind,tidal these give less effeiciency compare to nuclear
References :

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