PHYS 1P22 Lecture Notes - Nuclear Power, Fossil, Geothermal Power
Document Summary
Apart from the sun all the other energy resources provide is with kinetic energy that rotates the turbines and the generator produces electrical diagram. It"s not an energy resource as it is generated using other sources of energy. At present, most of the electricity is generated in power stations like the one. Advantages below: reliable energy source, can be built anywhere. Disadvantages: *non-renewable, *produces greenhouse gases and contributes to global warming, *produces acid rain. Uranium was formed before the solar system was formed so once used there will be no further supplies. Advantages: *power generated from nuclear fuel is clean because the process does not, *the cost per unit of electricity is very low. reliable. Disadvantages commission: *nuclear power stations are expensive to, *risk of accidents that release radioactive materials in the atmosphere cause long-lasting risk to living things, *disposing of radioactive material once a power. Turbines and generators like these are used to produce electricity power stations.
