Energy Sources
1. Is the Energy Source classified as non renewable, renewable or inexhaustible?
Uranium is a non renewable energy source.
2. How is the energy source made usable?
Uranium is developed in nuclear power plants. Splitting the uranium atom creates heat which creates steam that spins a turbine which powers a generator.
3. What are the infrastructure requirements for utilizing this energy source?
Uranium is a non renewable energy source.
2. How is the energy source made usable?
Uranium is developed in nuclear power plants. Splitting the uranium atom creates heat which creates steam that spins a turbine which powers a generator.
3. What are the infrastructure requirements for utilizing this energy source?
- Containment Structure
- Reactor Vessel
- Control Rods
- Pressurizer
- Steam Generator
- Condenser
- Turbine
- Generator
4. What emerging technologies will make this energy source safer, more usable, more efficient, cleaner....etc?
Better cooling systems to keep the nuclear plant from over heating and exploding would make using uranium for energy much safer.
Better cooling systems to keep the nuclear plant from over heating and exploding would make using uranium for energy much safer.
Sources
- http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/Nuclear-Fuel-Cycle/Introduction/What-is-Uranium--How-Does-it-Work-/
- https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CAYQjB1qFQoTCNrrzKjinMgCFUx2PgodKFAHVA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ucsusa.org%2Fnuclear-power%2Fnuclear-power-technology%2Fhow-nuclear-power-works&psig=AFQjCNHhu6o5yZFHmRzX0NbkpX7HsK-cig&ust=1443634108384664