Nuclear fission is the splitting of an atom. There are two ways for fission to occur one natural way is spontaneous fission the other is neutron capture. Spontaneous fission is a type of radioactive decay where unstable nuclei split into two nearly equal fragments thus creating energy. Neutron capture is a type of neuclear reaction where a nucleous absorbs a neutron which creates a seperate amount of electromagnetic energy.
Even though nuclear fission is very helpful it does have its disadvantages as well as its advantages. Pros; low operating costs, generates an immense amount of power. Cons; nuclear meltdowns can be very very dangerous, waste lasts for 200-500 years, long construction time.
Even though nuclear fission power plant makes a lot of electricity, it is bad to have a meltdown, a meltdown happens when nuclear fission makes too much energy as heat it melts, it will cause a series of explosions that could whip off thousands of houses and zillions of people can get injured or die, now that's not the end, after the explosions a cloud of dangerous radioactive particles which will then fall to the ground, any humans or living things contact with it will die.
Japan is the world's third-largest producer of nuclear power after America and France. Japan has 54 nuclear reactors which generates 280 billion killowatt-hours annually. Nuclear energy is responsible for 15 percent of our electricity today. Japan gets about 30 percent of their electricity from nuclear powerplants.
Nuclear Fission
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Nuclear fission is the splitting of an atom. There are two ways for fission to occur one natural way is spontaneous fission the other is neutron capture. Spontaneous fission is a type of radioactive decay where unstable nuclei split into two nearly equal fragments thus creating energy. Neutron capture is a type of neuclear reaction where a nucleous absorbs a neutron which creates a seperate amount of electromagnetic energy.
Even though nuclear fission is very helpful it does have its disadvantages as well as its advantages. Pros; low operating costs, generates an immense amount of power. Cons; nuclear meltdowns can be very very dangerous, waste lasts for 200-500 years, long construction time.
Even though nuclear fission power plant makes a lot of electricity, it is bad to have a meltdown, a meltdown happens when nuclear fission makes too much energy as heat it melts, it will cause a series of explosions that could whip off thousands of houses and zillions of people can get injured or die, now that's not the end, after the explosions a cloud of dangerous radioactive particles which will then fall to the ground, any humans or living things contact with it will die.
Japan is the world's third-largest producer of nuclear power after America and France. Japan has 54 nuclear reactors which generates 280 billion killowatt-hours annually. Nuclear energy is responsible for 15 percent of our electricity today. Japan gets about 30 percent of their electricity from nuclear powerplants.
Nuclear fission picture.
A nuclear fission reaction picture.