NUCLEAR ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES

 NUCLEAR ENERGY -

                            THE NUCLEUS OF A HEAVY ATOM LIKE URANIUM , WHEN BOMBARDED WITH LOW ENERGY NEUTRONS , CAN BE BROKEN UP INTO LIGHTER NUCLEI . WHEN THIS IS DONE , A VERY HIGH AMOUNT OF ENERGY IS PRODUCED IF THE MASS OF THE ORIGINAL NUCLEUS IS JUST A LITTLE MORE THAN THE SOME OF MASSES OF THE INDIVIDUAL PRODUCTS.  FOR EX. THE FISSION ON ATOM IS URANIUM PRODUCES 10 MILLION TIMES THE ENERGY AENCRATED BY THE COMBUSTION OF AN ATOM OF CARBON FROM COAL . IN A NUCLEAR REACTOR DESIGN FOR ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION , THIS TYPE OF NUCLEAR FUEL CAN BE A PART OF SELF STAINING FISSION CHAIN REACTION THAT LIBRATES ENERGY AT A CONTROLLED RATE. THE RELEASED ENERGY CAN BE USED TO GENERATE STEAM AND FURTHER PRODUCE ELECTRICITY . 

THE MAJOR HAZARD OF NUCLEAR POWER PRODUCTION IS THE STORAGE AND DISPOSAL OF USED OR SPENT FUELS - THE URANIUM STILL DECAYING INTO HARMFUL SUBATOMIC PARTICLES .  IMPROPER NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL AND STORAGE RESULT IN ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION . FURTHER , THERE IS A RISK OF ACCIDENTAL LEAKAGE OF NUCLEAR RADIATION . THE HIGH COST OF INSTALLATION OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANT , HIGH RISK OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIMITED AVAILABILITY OF  URANIUM CREATES LARGE SCALE CONSUMPTION OF NUCLEAR ENERGY PROHIBITIVE . 

NUCLEAR ENERGY WAS USED FOR DESTRUCTIVE PURPOSE BEFORE NUCLEAR POWER STATION  WERE DESIGNED. THE FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS OF THE FISSION CHAIN REACTION IN A NUCLEAR WEAPON IS SAME AS THE PHYSICS OF A CONTROLLED A NUCLEAR REACTOR , BUT THE TWO TYPE OF INSTRUMENT ARE ENGINEERED QUITE DIFFERENTLY . 

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES - 

                                                  DEPLETION OF ANY SOURCE OF ENERGY DISTURB THE ENVIRONMENT IN SOME WAY OR THE OTHER IN ANY GIVEN SITUATION , THE SOURCE WE WOULD SELECT DEPENDS ON FACTORS LIKE THE EASE OF EXTRACTING ENERGY FROM THE ENERGY SOURCE , THE EFFICIENCY OF THE AVAILABLE TECH. AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE THAT WILL BE CAUSED  BY USING THAT SOURCE .  BURNING FOSSIL FUEL CASES AIR POLLUTION . IN SOME CASES , THE ACTUAL OPERATION OF A DEVICE SUCH AS THE SOLAR CELL MAY BE POLLUTION FREE , BUT THE ASSEMBLY OF THE DEVICE WOULD HAVE RESULTED SOME ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE . RESEARCH CONTINUES IN THESE AREAS TO CREATE LONG LASTING DEVICE THAT WILL CAUSE LESS DAMAGE THROUGH OUT THEIR WHOLE LIFE .