Nuclear Power by Rebekah Rocha https://padlet.com/Rebekah163/Rebekah An Alternative Energy Source en-us 2016-10-04 22:24:23 UTC 2017-05-17 10:44:13 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png What happens at a nuclear plant Rebekah163 https://padlet.com/Rebekah163/Rebekah/wish/128346532 In a nuclear-fueled power plant – much like a fossil-fueled power plant – water is turned into steam, which in turn drives turbine generators to produce electricity. The difference is the source of heat. At nuclear power plants, the heat to make the steam is created when uranium atoms split – called fission.]]> 2016-10-04 22:28:04 UTC https://padlet.com/Rebekah163/Rebekah/wish/128346532 Five bad things about this energy source Rebekah163 https://padlet.com/Rebekah163/Rebekah/wish/128346550 1.  Dangerous if it melts down.
 
2.  Chance of contamination
 
3.  Deadly
 
4.  Cleaner forms of energy can be formed, if more work was put into them, like fusion.
]]> 2016-10-04 22:28:20 UTC https://padlet.com/Rebekah163/Rebekah/wish/128346550 Five good things about this source Rebekah163 https://padlet.com/Rebekah163/Rebekah/wish/128346577 1.  There is a slight risk of accidental contamination.

2.  Not a lot of people have died because of nuclear power plants.

3.  Cleaner then fossil fuels

5.  Nuclear power plants have prevented 219 million tons of sulfur dioxide and 98 million tons of nitrogen oxides from being discharged into the atmosphere since 1973.

]]> 2016-10-04 22:28:39 UTC https://padlet.com/Rebekah163/Rebekah/wish/128346577 Nuclear Energy Plant Rebekah163 https://padlet.com/Rebekah163/Rebekah/wish/128346624 2016-10-04 22:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/Rebekah163/Rebekah/wish/128346624 How Nuclear energy works Rebekah163 https://padlet.com/Rebekah163/Rebekah/wish/128346629 2016-10-04 22:29:05 UTC https://padlet.com/Rebekah163/Rebekah/wish/128346629 Websites Used Rebekah163 https://padlet.com/Rebekah163/Rebekah/wish/128346646 http://paintballer1737.tripod.com/id2.html
https://www.duke-energy.com/about-energy/generating-electricity/nuclear-how.asp
http://247wallst.com/energy-business/2012/02/21/the-ten-statesthat-run-on-nuclear-power/3/

]]> 2016-10-04 22:29:13 UTC https://padlet.com/Rebekah163/Rebekah/wish/128346646 States that use nuclear power Rebekah163 https://padlet.com/Rebekah163/Rebekah/wish/128346875 Mississippi
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  • Nuclear power plants use “nuclear fission” (the process of splitting an atom in two). “Nuclear fusion” (the process of combining atoms into one) has the potential to be safer but has not yet been developed to operate within a large power plant.
  • Nuclear energy comes from uranium, a nonrenewable resource that must be mined.
  • Every 18 to 24 months, a power plant must shut down to remove its spent uranium fuel, which becomes radioactive waste.
  • Nuclear power plants generate about 20% of U.S. electricity.
  • Nuclear energy is being used in more than 30 countries around the world and even powers Mars rovers.

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