In this lesson

What is nuclear power ?

What is used for fuel ?

What are the side effects ?

Where are nuclear power plants ?

Are their any power plants in Indiana ?
Based on the splitting of atoms
NUCLEAR POWER provides the heat
energy needed to make electricity

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCE
FOSSIL FUELS

COAL , OIL , GAS


Fossil fuels currently supply
over 80% of the worlds
energy needs


Fossil fuels
coal
oil
natural gas
are non-renewable
sources of energy


Formed from plants and
animals that decayed up to
300 million years ago, fossil
fuels are found in deposits
beneath the earth.


Fossil fuels are
excellent sources of
energy


COAL
OIL
NATURAL GAS
THE FIRST NUCLEAR POWER
STATION WAS BUILT IN:


THE PROCESS OF SPLITTING
ATOMS TO CREATE HEAT IS
KNOWN AS:


ENORMOUS AMOUNTS OF HEAT IS
PRODUCED WHEN URANIUM ATOMS
ARE SPLIT. CHAIN REACTION..


STEAM
COOLING
TOWER
STEAM

GENERATOR
FISSION
PROCESS
HIGH PRESSURE
LOW PRESSURE
BOILER
Energy is used to boil water
GENERATORS
STEAM
FROM
COOLING
TOWERS
CONTROL ROOM
Piketon , Ohio
first built in 2006.


URANIUM
FACTORY
It will produce enough
uranium each year to fuel
30 power plants.
1 PINT OF URANIUM EQUALS THE
ENERGY IN
* 70 TONS OF COAL
* 400 BARRELS OF OIL.
COAL
OIL
URANIUM
ONE POUND OF URANIUM
EQUALS
ONE-MILLION GALLONS OF
GASOLINE
A NUCLEAR POWER STATION USES:
5 POUNDS OF URANIUM PER DAY.
FACTORIES ARE BEING BUILT THAT
CAN MAKE URANIUM FROM THE
ELEMENTS FOUND IN THE EARTH.
Uranium is then processed
into fuel pellets
Pellet
Mid WEST
Uranium is not
harmful
Burning uranium produces a
toxic waste: Plutonium
X
IT PRODUCES LOTS OF RADIOACTIVE
WASTE THAT IS DIFFICULT TO DISPOSE
OF SAFELY.
RADIOACTIVE WASTE
IS LETHAL.
IF SOMEONE WERE TO STAND 30 FEET
AWAY FORM A SMALL AMOUNT OF
NUCLEAR WASTE , THEY WOULD NOT
LIVE VERY LONG.


GOOD BYE


SOLID LIQUID GAS
Nuclear plants REALLY burn clean:
Its the waste products from the uranium that
is dangerous.
RADIOACTIVE WASTE
IS VERY DANGEROUS
AND WILL REMAIN ACTIVE FOR
THOUSANDS OF YEARS.

Scientists are taking a closer look
at how to get rid of this lethal
material..known as plutonium
Uranium by itself is a common element
found in the earth

SINCE NUCLEAR WASTE IS
HAZARDOUS,
WHERE DO WE STORE IT?


THIS IS THE BIG QUESTION

NOBODY WANTS A NUCLEAR WASTE DUMP IN
THEIR BACK YARD.
?
TODAY NUCLEAR WASTE IS BEING
STORED IN THE MOUNTAINS OF

NEVADA

YUCCA MOUNTAINS

DEEP UNDERGROUND..
YUCCA MOUNTAINS
STEP 1. DRIED IT INTO A POWDER
STEP 2. MIXED WITH MOLTEN GLASS
STEP 3. POURED INTO STEEL CONTAINER
STEP 4. WELD ON A STEEL LID
STEP 5. PLACED DEEP UNDERGROUND
STEP 6. COVERED WITH CONCRETE

STORAGE CONTAINERS
DISASTERS HAVE HAPPENED:

IN 1986 THE CHERNOBL PLANT IN THE SOVIET
UNION EXPLODED AND THE RADIOACTIVE
FALLOUT CREATED SERIOUS EFFECTS ON
THE PEOPLE IN THE SURROUNDING AREA.
An important difference between American
nuclear plant design and Soviet design.
Nuclear reactors in the United States are enclosed
in massive containment domes
made of CONCRETE


Containment Dome
NUCLEAR PLANTS
IN THE U.S.
104
Power Stations
Secret trucks carry nuclear waste to
the waste site in Nevada
Trucking companies
NUCLEAR SUBMARINE
SCORPION
IN 1968:
SCORPION had a nuclear
power leak and plutonium
killed all men on board

In 1961 Russia also had a nuclear power leak.
Later this accident was made into a movie
WIDOWMAKER K-19
EARLY SUBMARINES RAN ON
DIESEL FUEL & HAD TO SURFACE
EVERY 12 HOURS FOR AIR &
CHARGING OF BATTERIES
NUCLEAR SUBS CAN STAY UNDER
WATER FOR MONTHS
1. WHAT PROCESS IS USED TO
PRODUCE NUCLEAR ENERGY ?
A. FUSSION
B. FISSION
C. FISSURE
FISSION
2. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE
ELEMENT USED IN NUCLEAR
PLANTS ?
A. URANIUM
B. PHOSPHORUS
C. FISSION
URANIUM
3. WHAT YEAR WAS THE FIRST
NUCLEAR STATION BUILT ?
A. 1900
B. 1932
C. 1951
1951
4. NUCLEAR REACTORS ARE
ENCASED IN WHAT ?
A. CONCRETE
B. STEEL
C. ALUMINUM
CONCRETE
5. WHAT PART OF A NUCLEAR
PLANT IS THE MOST
DANGEROUS ?
A. THE BURNING STACK
B. THE WASTE BY-PRODUCTS
C. ATOMIC RODS
WASTE -BY-PRODUCTS
6. WHAT COMES OUT OF THE
COOLING TOWERS OF A
NUCLEAR PLANT ?
A. EXHAUST GAS
B. STEAM
C. RADIOACTIVE FOG
STEAM
7. HOW LONG CAN NUCLEAR WASTE
BE DANGEROUS ?
A. 100 YEARS
B. 500 YEARS
C. 1,000 YEARS
1,000 YEARS
8. IS URANIUM A COMMON
ELEMENT FOUND IN THE EARTH ?
A. NO
B. YES
YES , URANIUM IS
A COMMON
ELEMENT
9. IS THERE A NUCLEAR PLANT
LOCATED IN INDIANA ?
A. NO
B. YES
NO
10. WHAT IS THIS A PICTURE OF ?
A. GENERATOR
B. ATOM REACTOR
C. ALTERNATOR
GENERATOR
WHAT DANGEROUS ELEMENT IS
CREATED AS A RESULT OF THE
FISSION PROCESS ?


SULFUR
CARBON MONOXIDE
PLUTONIUM
PLUTONIUM