l. Nuclear power plants do not produce as much waste as power plants that burn fossil fuels.The problem is that nuclear wastes are highly radioactive. The spent fuel is usually stored near the reactor in a deep pool of water called the spent fuel pool. Here, the spent fuel pool cools down and the radioactivity through a natural process called radioactive decay. In three months, the spent fuel will have lost 50% of its radiation, in one year it will have 80% and in ten years it will have lost 90%. Nevertheless, because some radioactive remains for as long 1,000 years, the waste must be carefully and permanently isolated from the environment.WHAT IS THE AVAILABILITY ?Nuclear energy is in some ways a plentiful source, and a less available source. Nuclear energy comes from atoms and uranium. (Uranium can be found in many rocks around the world.)Once the uranium is burned, the nucleus of the atom then starts a nuclear chain reaction, which soon makes electricity. So in that way, nuclear energy is a very plentiful source....At the time. If we were to stop using coal, oil, natural gas, hydroelectricity, and solar energy, we wouldn't have nuclear energy for very long. You see, nuclear energy may be a plentiful source now, but if we stopped all other types of energy, we would simply run out in a matter of days. Not to mention the amount of nuclear waste that would come upon us.IS IT RENEWABLE ?Nuclear energy cannot be renewed like hydroelectric or some chemical energies. After the atoms from the uranium are all burnt, there is nothing to be reburnt, except some radioactive waste. But if that were to be burned, not only would it simply not work, but the impact on the environment would be tremendous.WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT USES ?Nuclear energy can be used for 3 different things. 1.Nuclear energy can be used to make weapons, such as the nuclear bomb. In World War Two, scientists discovered that they could use a nuclear chain reaction to make a bomb....
