nuclear waste

Rarely known about the disposal of nuclear waste, but it is of crucial importance.

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Our energy consumption has increased year by year. Mitigating climate change relies on the use of low-carbon energy.Nuclear energy is a non-polluting, long lasting, high output energy source relative to space taken up by the other low carbon energies.However, one of the main disadvantages is the difficulty in the management of nuclear waste and nuclear safety. It needs to spend much time on eliminating the radioactivity and risks. For people, the advantages and disadvantages of nuclear energy is a double-edged sword which has made this energy becoming the most controversial on the market.For 30 years,here is a time line of nuclear accidents and anti-nuclear events in the world.

 

Three Mile Island Accident, Pennsylvania USA1979198619921996200320062011Chernobyl, UkraineSosnovyi Bor, LeningradOblast, RussiaCrystal River, Florida, United StatesAnti Nuclear Movement For The Maki ,JapanForsmark, SwedenFukushima, Japan
Spent nuclear fuel, occasionally called used nuclear fuel, is nuclear fuel that has been ir-radiated in a nuclear reactor (usually at a nuclear power plant).
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NUCLEAR FLEETS

Nuclear power plants currently operate in 31 countries. Here are top 4 countries which have the most nuclear power plants. The United States is the largest producer of nuclear power, while France has the largest share of electricity generated by nuclear power. China has the fastest growing nuclear power program with 28 new reactors under construction. After Fukushima, Japan shut down all of its 54 nuclear reactors, 12 of them permanently; 42 remain in operational condition, of which 24 have requested permission to restart, and 5 reactors have been restarted.

 

The United StatesFrance99JapanChina584238Number of nuclear power plants

WHAT’S THE CONTROVERSY ABOUT NUCLEAR WASTE?

The United StatesChinaFranceJapanObama administration in 2011 formally scrapped Yucca Mountain, however Trump triggers fight over Yucca waste site in 2017.“I understand this is a politically sensitive topic for some , but we can no longer kick the can down the road,” Energy Secretary Rick Perry Few years after Fukushima nuclear leak, Shinzo Abe and his ruling Liberal Democratic Party still view nuclear power as a stable source of energy and want to put more of the nation's idled reactors back online.“Ensuring the safe development of nuclear industry is an important task in the development of nuclear industry during the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period. China's spent fuel reprocessing problems can be solved very well.” People's Daily A storm of protest has been unleashed in the German state of Saarland, which is situated 150 ki-lometers away from Bure: the entire state government openly rejects Bure as a nuclear waste disposal site. Bure as a place to put nuclear waste because of the controversial border near France and Germany.
WHERE ARE THE NUCLEAR WASTE LOCATED HOW MANY ARE THEY?
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