Nuclear power
Nuclear powerNuclear Power
Most of the world’s electricity is generated by either thermal or
hydroelectric power plants. Thermal power plants use fuel to boil water
which makes steam. The steam turns turbines that generate electricity.
Hydroelectric power plants use the great force of rushing water from a
dam or a waterfall to turn the turbines.
The majority of thermal power plants burn fossil fuels because thermal
power plants are cheaper to maintain and have to meet less of the
governments requirements compared to nuclear power plants. Fossil fuels
are coal and oil. The downfall of using fossil fuels is that they are
limited. Fossil fuels are developed from the remains of plants and
animals that died millions of years ago. Burning fossil fuels has other
downfalls, too. All the burning that is required to turn the turbines
releases much sulfur, nitrogen gases, and other pollutants into the
atmosphere.
The cleanest, cheapest, and least polluting power plant of the two types
is the hydroelectric power plant. The main reason most countries use
thermal versus the hydroelectric is because their countries don’t have
enough concentrated...
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