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What do you mean by nuclear accidents and can you explain two basic types of nuclear weapons?
A nuclear accident is the unintended release of nuclear radiation into the environment, such as damage to a nuclear reactor or to a nuclear weapon (plane crash carrying nuclear bombs, etc). The two basic forms of nuclear weapons are fission and fusion weapons.
Is nuclear harmful to people?
I'm pretty sure nuclear has a bad affect on humans. It really depends on what you mean by Nuclear. If you mean Nuclear Energy, no. It is vital. If you mean Nuclear Waste, yes. It is deadly. If you mean the Nucleus of an atom. It is part you you.
How many nuclear countries?
CountryMegawatt capacityNuclear share of electricity production Argentina9355.0% Armenia37533.2% Belgium5,92754.0% Brazil1,8843.2% Bulgaria1,90632.6% Canada12,60415.3% China11,8161.9% Czech Republic3,76633.0% Finland2,73631.6% France63,13077.1% Germany12,06817.8% Hungary1,88943.3% India4,7803.7% Iran915<0.1% Japan44,21518.1% Korea, South (ROK)20,67134.6% Mexico1,3003.6% Netherlands4823.6% Pakistan7253.8% Romania1,30019.0% Russia23,64317.6% Slovakia1,81654.0% Slovenia68841.7% South Africa1,8305.2% Spain7,56719.5% Sweden9,32639.6% Switzerland3,26340.9% Taiwan4,92720.7% Ukraine13,10747.2% United Kingdom9,70315.7% United States101,40919.3%Total countries: 29 World: 370,461 Mw
What does this mean the saddest aspect in life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom?
Wisdom is having the knowledge to use knowledge correctly. But when we discover and invent different things through science we usually use it to destroy rather than create or help. For example when nuclear fission was discovered it was first used to create nuclear weapons that kills people. The thought of making nuclear plants came years later.
Why the change in building nuclear power plants in the US now?
There seem to be three main strands to this: one that conventional energy sources are mainly in unsettled areas of the world and therefore possibly unsure in the future, two that nuclear power does not contribute to global warming, and three that many existing nuclear plants are quite old and will eventually have to be decommissioned, probably due to concerns about pressure vessel integrity, and therefore will need to be replaced by new plants unless more coal is to be used.
