Nuclear energy is now an important new energy source. What are its advantages and disadvantages compared with traditional energy sources?

Nuclear power plant is a new power generation mode at present, which mainly uses slow nuclear fission with controllable speed to release energy. So as to drive the main shaft of the generator to rotate and generate electricity. More and more countries began to build their own nuclear power plants. The reason why nuclear power plants are so popular is actually very simple. First of all, nuclear power plants generate electricity without pollutant transmission. Secondly, the energy consumption of nuclear power plants in use is actually very small, and the frequency of core replacement is also smaller. Finally, nuclear energy is not perfect, because nuclear power plants are a facility that consumes a lot of water, so nuclear power plants are basically built by the sea.

First of all, the advantage of nuclear energy is that there is basically no pollutant emission during power generation. After all, in the process of nuclear fission, the energy inside the nucleus of nuclear raw materials is absorbed, and there is no reaction such as oxidation, so basically no waste is discharged. Therefore, nuclear energy is a very clean energy source, which outputs more energy than thermal power plants. Compared with underwater power generation and wind power generation, the energy output is more stable.

Secondly, the second advantage is that when nuclear energy is used, the frequency of core replacement is very low. After all, the core of a nuclear power plant can take a very long time to generate electricity. So there is basically no need to change the core frequently. Compared with nuclear power plants, thermal power plants need to constantly add fuel to make the whole power plant run 24 hours a day.

Finally, there are disadvantages of nuclear energy. The disadvantage of nuclear energy is that there must be a lot of fresh water to cool it. There are many advantages of nuclear power plants, but they are not perfect. After all, nuclear power plants need a lot of water to cool the core when generating electricity, so the water consumption of nuclear power plants is very large, and it can be said that water resources are basically needed continuously. So the water consumption of nuclear power plants is much higher than that of ordinary thermal power plants.