Nuclear Fusion Viability Nuclear Power Vs Fossil Fuels

More nuclear plants are scheduled for future construction.

Nuclear energy quotes nuclear weapons stockpile. A canadian collective has released fusion 2030 a report in which they ask the government for an investment of 125 million to build a working nuclear fusion plant prototype by 2030. Optimistically constructing a two unit nuclear power station takes from 7 12 years. Nuclear fusion is considered today the holy grail of energy and it would be better to make this clean energy source commercially viable before the middle of the century because the environment is very polluted today due to the fact that we are still burning fossil fuels on a mass scale without realizing that the pollution produced this.

In my huffpuff of january 9 2012 i described what many people think is the ideal nuclear power reactor. In short they are currently 1. Advantages of nuclear energy over fossil fuels include efficiency reliability and cost.

Nuclear fission creates nuclear waste that must be stored properly to keep people safe. This shouldnt be confused with nuclear fusion which only has the creation of helium as a byproduct. About 90 of greenhouse gas emissions from electricity generation come from coal powered plants while nuclear power plants do not emit greenhouse gases.

Although its potential to generate electricity at a commercial scale is several decades away nuclear fusion can become a promising option to replace fossil fuels as the worlds primary energy source and could have an important role to play in addressing climate change participants agreed at an iaea general conference side event focused on the status of fusion energy. Fossil fuels which make up by far the majority of world wide power today are an abundant but fundamentally limited resource. Nuclear fuel is a limited resource just like oil and natural gas but can be extended by utilizing different reactor configurations.

Assessing the potential of. There is an infinite amount of. Until we have solved the above issues wishing for more nuclear plants is just that a wish.

Small modular nuclear reactors could provide nuclear power to small communities and rural areas currently served by environmentally damaging fossil fuel energy sources. As the world faces an ever impending environmental and energy crises as a result of fossil fuel burning many groups including scientists and environmentalists are currently reviewing the latest developments in nuclear energy as a viable alternative to fossil fuels. Helium is non toxic safe and wont create the same environmental damage that the burning of fossil fuels creates.