Describe the processes by which energy is converted from one form to another concerning nuclear fuels?
OR
List the environmental issues associated with nuclear fuels?
Difficulty: Easy
Nuclear fuels:
In nuclear power plants, we get energy as a result of the fission reaction. During fission reaction, heavy atoms, such as Uranium atoms, split up into smaller parts releasing a large amount of energy.
Nuclear power plants give out a lot of nuclear radiation and a vast amount of heat. A part of this heat is used to run power plants while a lot of heat goes waste in the environment.
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