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1. How nuclear energy is used to solve energy scarcity?
Nuclear energy replaces Fossil fuels but has a very bad effect. It produces Radioactive energy. Which is very harmful to people, animals, and plants.

2. How is nuclear energy produced?
Uranium ore is mined and then put in tubes called fuel rods, then the tubes are put in tanks of water inside a nuclear reactor. This creates a controlled chain reaction which creates a lot of heat. The heat turns the water into steam, the steam turns the generator which creates electricity.

a) What is nuclear fission? Nuclear Fission is a chain reaction where a neutron is bombarded at Uranium which launches at Kripton, which will then launch at Uranium and the process goes on. b) How is nuclear energy used to generate electricity?

3. What are the advantages and limitations of nuclear energy
Advantages: Nuclear energy replaces fossil fuels - - - Disadvantage:

Nuclear energy generates electricity faster than fossil fuels making it more efficient.

Nuclear energy does not release green house gases such Carbon Dioxide, Methane, and ozone.

1 truck of uranium is a good as 1000 trucks of coal.

Disadvantages:

1.When Uranium runs out Nuclear energy creates radiation that last for a very long time.

Nuclear energy creates nuclear waste.

Building a nuclear power plant cost a lot of money at the start.

5. How does nuclear radiation affect health?
Nuclear Vocabulary: Isotopes- Pressure- Force acting on an area Nuclear Fission- Nuclear chain reaction- weapons grade uranium-enriched-higher amount of a type of uranium isotope useful for fission.

Notes

Brain Pop Notes Every atom has energy trapped in its nucleus. Nuclear power plants like to use an element called uranium as duel because its nucleus splits easily. Uranium ore is mined and placed in metal pipes called fuel rods. These rods are placed in tanks of water inside the nuclear reactor. Uranium atoms capture free floating neutrons and then split into lighter elements and more free neutrons. This creates a controlled chain of reaction and generates a lot of heat. The heat energy turns the water into steam. The steam turns the turbines of generator that produce electricity. Nuclear energy produces nuclear wast that is highly radioactive that could stick around for thousands of years. Technology improvements may give us safer ways to use nuclear energy in the future. Nuclear fusion is the combining of atomic particles that would produce energy and harmless helium atoms.



=Nuclear Energy=

** How nuclear energy is used to solve energy scarcity? **
Nuclear energy replaces Fossil fuels but has a very bad effect. It produces Radioactive energy. Which is very harmful to people, animals, and plants.

**Fossil Fuels**

** How is nuclear energy produced? **
Uranium ore is mined and then put in tubes called fuel rods, then the tubes are put in tanks of water inside a nuclear reactor. This creates a controlled chain reaction which creates a lot of heat. The heat turns the water into steam, the steam turns the generator which creates electricity.

Bibliography: Works Cited Brainpop. “Radioactivity.” //Brainpop.com//. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 May 2012. .