Values, ethics, philosophy in conflict to nuclear power plant
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A nuclear power plant (NPP) is a thermal power station in which the heat source is one or more nuclear reactors.
Other sources of energy like solar, wind, coal, natural gas can indeed be taken into consideration to produce electricity, but the efficiency and capacity of these energy resources are insufficient to meet large scale demands for energy. On the contrary, the nuclear reaction as an energy source is very efficient and can provide a lot of energy.
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A nuclear power plant (NPP) is a thermal power station in which the heat source is one or more nuclear reactors.
Other sources of energy like solar, wind, coal, natural gas can indeed be taken into consideration to produce electricity, but the efficiency and capacity of these energy resources are insufficient to meet large scale demands for energy. On the contrary, the nuclear reaction as an energy source is very efficient and can provide a lot of energy. Thus, a nuclear power plant is more efficient and can produce much more electrical energy than a non nuclear power plant. Because of its efficiency, a nuclear power plant can produce cheaper electrical energy. Hence, nuclear energy is a good energy alternative to be selected. ...
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