Racism Is Not over

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Nuclear Energy and Uranium |
  Tran Kim Tung |
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Chemistry 2A |
Keri Clemens |
4/26/2010

Coal, oil and gas are some nonrenewable resources. Their amounts are limited, but the bigger problem that we need to concern about them is environmental impacts. By burning these fuels, we are also burning our environment. The challenge we have is figuring out the better way to produce energy. Uranium may become one of the most efficient fuels for producing electricity in the next 100 years. When I said that, it doesn’t mean uranium is a perfect fuel for our future. We still face with many problems while using nuclear energy such as the super advantage technology and extremely safe condition. Nowadays, people understand a part of nuclear energy and how to control it.
This research paper presents the basic knowledge about nuclear energy and its main fuel, Uranium.

Nuclear Energy and Uranium
The evidences that the Earth is warming at a faster rate are gaining more and more than before. Those make a huge pressure to many governments and environmentalists to replace power sources that emit carbon dioxide with those that do not. It brings a second look to nuclear energy after the Three Mile Island and Chernobyl disaster. It brought the danger associated with nuclear power to everyone’s attention. With the advantage of modern technology, nuclear power is a ready solution to the problem of electricity production without carbon emissions.
First of all, we need to understand what nuclear energy is and how we can use its power. Nuclear energy is energy in the nucleus of an atom (Uranium nuclear Basics). There is enormous energy in the bonds that hold atoms together. Nuclear energy can be released from atoms in two ways: nuclear fusion and nuclear fission. In nuclear fission, atoms are split apart to form smaller atoms, releasing energy, often producing free neutrons and photons (in the form of gamma rays), as well (Nuclear fission). Nuclear power plants use this...