nuclear power plants
Fission electricity facilities
Nuclear power plants are facilities that generate electricity through nuclear fission—splitting atoms to release energy that heats water into steam, which drives turbines.
They produce large amounts of power without carbon emissions during operation, though concerns about radioactive waste disposal, meltdown risks, and high construction costs make them controversial: The nuclear power plant supplies electricity to three million homes.
- reactorControlled fission apparatus
- control rodsNeutron-absorbing reactor components
- uraniumElement ninety-two
- atomic ageEra of harnessed fission
- radioactivitySpontaneous nuclear decay
chain reaction · fission · Chernobyl · radioactive contamination · coolant · emergency shutdown · radiation shielding · critical mass · megawatts · uranium enrichment · grid · generators · hazmat · radiation · core · waste · tritium · isotopes
- environmental damageair pollution, water pollution, soil contamination, industrial pollution, toxic dumping
- FukuiObama, Ono, dinosaur fossils
nuclear power plantssolar farms
Large-scale photovoltaic installations
wind farms · hydroelectric dams · solar power plants · wind turbines · geothermal plants
nuclear power plantsmicro-hydro
Low-capacity water-driven generation
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