Sentences with phrase «emitted by nuclear power»

Likewise if heat is indeed the main factor, nuclear power, though CO2 - free, can not be an alternative since total heat emitted by nuclear power plants is more than twice the electrical output.

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The nuclear hearts were powered by plutonium - 238, an element that emits close to a century's worth of steady heat due to its natural radioactive decay.

I believe that the sun is powered by the nuclear fusion of hydrogen in to helium, because the spectrum of the emitted light is exactly as predicted by theory and tested by experiment on earth.

According to a study by The Brattle Group, funded by Exelon and other nuclear supporters, the three reactors in Oswego County and another in Wayne County eliminate nearly 16 million tons of carbon dioxide a year that would otherwise be emitted by fossil fuel power plants.

The sentence marked with an asterisk was changed from «In fact, fly ash — a by - product from burning coal for power — and other coal waste contains up to 100 times more radiation than nuclear waste» to «In fact, the fly ash emitted by a power plant — a by - product from burning coal for electricity — carries into the surrounding environment 100 times more radiation than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.»

By comparison, nuclear and wind power are proven technologies that emit no carbon and whose environmental risks and costs are thoroughly understood and which can make an immediate difference for the better.

The spent fuel produced by nuclear power plants will emit harmful radiation for hundreds of thousands — even millions — of years.

Neutrinos, or more specifically antineutrinos, are also emitted as a by - product of power generation in manmade nuclear reactors, giving scientists a powerful way to study them on Earth in a controlled manner.

How many gigatons of carbon is emitted by preventing the opening of a generation of nuclear power plants, I wonder.