Nuclear power is a clean energy source and does not emit large amounts of carbon dioxide, sulfur and nitrogen pollutants into the atmosphere like thermal power generation.
The uranium fuel used in the production of nuclear energy has no other purpose than the production of electricity. The coal and oil needed to produce thermal energy are non-renewable energy sources, and the more they are used, the less they are used. .
The fuel used in nuclear power plants is small and easy to transport and store, while thermal power generation requires a huge transport volume.
Fuel costs represent a smaller proportion of the cost of nuclear power generation. The cost of nuclear power generation is less sensitive to the impact of the international economic situation, so the cost of electricity production is more stable than that of nuclear energy production. other methods of energy production.
However, the consequences of a serious accident in nuclear power generation are unimaginable, and improving the safety of nuclear power generation is a top priority.
Comparing nuclear energy to thermal energy, the advantages are:
Nuclear energy production does not emit huge amounts of pollutants in the atmosphere like the production of thermal energy, therefore the production of nuclear energy does not cause air pollution.
Nuclear energy production does not produce carbon dioxide which worsens the earth's greenhouse effect.
The uranium fuel used in nuclear power production has no other purpose than to produce electricity.
The energy density of nuclear fuel is millions of times greater than that of fossil fuels.Therefore, the fuel used in nuclear power plants is small and easy to transport and store. A nuclear power plant of only 1,000 megawatts. 30 tons of uranium fuel can be transported by plane in a single flight.
Fuel costs represent a smaller proportion of the cost of nuclear power generation. The cost of nuclear power generation is less sensitive to the impact of the international economic situation, so the cost of electricity generation is more stable than that of nuclear power generation. other methods of energy production.