Scientific Facts
1.) Power Plants can generate 2,900 million watts of electricity (Edwards, 2000).
2.) 104 nuclear plants supply about 20% of the United State’s electricity.
3.) Uranium is a source of today’s nuclear fuel.
4.) Nuclear power stations use nuclear fission to produce electricity.
5.) A nuclear power plant must shut down every 18-24 months to remove its used uranium fuel, or radioactive waste.
6.) The largest radioactive waste storage pool in the U.S. is in North Carolina at the Shearon Harris nuclear plant. The department of Homeland Security marked Shearon Harris as one of the most vulnerable terrorist targets in the nation.
2.) 104 nuclear plants supply about 20% of the United State’s electricity.
3.) Uranium is a source of today’s nuclear fuel.
4.) Nuclear power stations use nuclear fission to produce electricity.
5.) A nuclear power plant must shut down every 18-24 months to remove its used uranium fuel, or radioactive waste.
6.) The largest radioactive waste storage pool in the U.S. is in North Carolina at the Shearon Harris nuclear plant. The department of Homeland Security marked Shearon Harris as one of the most vulnerable terrorist targets in the nation.
Fun Facts
1.) In the United States, the first commercial nuclear generator was the Shippingport Reactor in Pennsylvania, which opened in 1957.
2.)An estimated 3 million Americans live within 10 miles of a functional nuclear power plant.
3.)Between 1955 and 1989, the average number of nuclear tests every year was 55.
4.)It took 14 years and $975 million to clean up after Three Mile Island disaster.
5.)The average cost of building one new reactor for a new plant in the United States is between $6 and $8 billion.
6.) The peace symbol was initially an anti-nuclear weapons symbol.
2.)An estimated 3 million Americans live within 10 miles of a functional nuclear power plant.
3.)Between 1955 and 1989, the average number of nuclear tests every year was 55.
4.)It took 14 years and $975 million to clean up after Three Mile Island disaster.
5.)The average cost of building one new reactor for a new plant in the United States is between $6 and $8 billion.
6.) The peace symbol was initially an anti-nuclear weapons symbol.
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