IS NUCLEAR ENERGY A SOLUTION TO THE ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE CRISES? Understand The Secret Process of Nuclear Fission; and Its By-Products of Heat Energy, Radiation, and Radioactive Wastes.

Current commercial Nuclear Reactors use Nuclear Fission to generate power. In Nuclear Fission, you get energy by splitting the nucleus of an atom using a High-Energy Neutron. These high-speed neutrons are decelerated by water to split Heavy Atoms of Uranium, yielding enormous amount of Heat Energy; without Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions. And according to common knowledge CO2 is the main cause of Global Warming. Thus, the use of Nuclear Power Plants are looked upon as one solution to the worsening Global Warming/Climate Change Crisis. Are Nuclear Power Plants really Solutions to Climate Change Disasters? Read on.

By: LOPE COLUMNA

Messianic-Kabbalist Nuclear Engineer
One of The Filipino Engineers/Pioneers of Nuclear Technology
In The Phillipine First Nuclear Plant (PNNP-1)

NUCLEAR ENERGY HAS NO COMBUSTION PROCESS; BUT IT STILL CONTRIBUTES TO CLIMATE CHANGE DISASTERS!

Nuclear Power Plants use the Fission Process in the Power Generation Process. This means NO Smoke Particulates and CO2 greenhouse gas produced. But, the Nuclear Plant has only 40% Efficiency. The 60% of the Heat Energy from Uranium is released to the Sea and Air. Thus, Nuclear Power Plants also contribute to Global Warming and Climate Change disasters.

And, the Fission Process also produces the dreaded and unwanted by-products of Nuclear Radiation and Radioactive Wastes. The Disposal, Storage, and Accidental or uncontrolled release of these by-products are very harmful to living things and the environment, even for generations to come.

The light-water nuclear reactor is currently the most widely used type of reactor around the world (also used at Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO)'s Fukushima Daiichi NPS). Bombarding enriched uranium fuel (Uranium-235: 3-5%; Uranium-238: 95-97%) with neutrons results in nuclear fission. Radioactive nuclear fission products such as Iodine-131, Cesium-137, and Strontium-90 are created in this process. When Uranium-238 is bombarded with neutrons, Plutonium-239 is created. Source: Ministry of The Environment (Japan).

THE STRONG ATTRACTION OF NUCLEAR ENERGY TO SOLVE THE ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE CRISES

The First Philippine Nuclear Power Plant (PNPP-1) in Bataan.

Nuclear Energy is very tempting to use in solving the Energy Crisis and Climate Change disasters because it does not use any Fossil Fuels (Coal, Oil, Gas, etc.) as compared to the common Thermal Power Plants using Fossil Fuels.

The Nuclear Energy Release is done via the Nuclear Fission process of a fissile fuel (Uranium). This means no Combustion Process that produces CO2 (Carbon Dioxide). On the other hand, Fossil Fuels produce smoke and other air pollutants, CO2 (Greenhouse Gas), oil spills, etc., which are all very damaging to the environment (air, land, and water).

SECRET OF NUCLEAR FISSION: The INTERPLAY OF THE STRONG NUCLEAR FORCE, AND THE ELECTROMAGNETIC FORCE OF THE MATERIAL UNIVERSE!

There are four (4) fundamental forces in the whole material universe. These are the following:

1. STRONG NUCLEAR FORCE
2. WEAK NUCLEAR FORCE
3. ELECTROMAGNETIC FORCE
4. GRAVITATIONAL FORCE (Gravity)

In FISSION TECHNOLOGY, the Strong Nuclear Force and the Electromagnetic Force are the predominant forces taking action. The Strong Nuclear Force is the force that holds together the protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom.

The Electromagnetic Force is the force that makes particles with opposite electrical charges attract each other and particles with the same charge repel each other. This force ensures that the positively charged Protons in the nucleus of the atom and the negatively charged Electrons orbiting around it attract each other. This is the reason why the "nucleus" and the "electrons" of the atom, stay together.
  
A nucleus that is too heavy to be stable can release energy by splitting it apart into pieces. Once the fissile nuclear fuel  is bombarded by a neutron, it splits  into two parts; and as soon as those two parts are more than about 1 fm (1 femtometre) = 1 × 10⁻¹⁵ meters) apart, the STRONG NUCLEAR FORCE no longer holds the two fragments together. 

The ELECTROMAGNETIC FORCE then takes over and accelerates them, causing them to gain a large amount of kinetic energy. This sudden release of kinetic energy transform a mass of the fissile nuclear fuel into an enormous amount of heat energy according to the famous formula of Albert Einstein. This nuclear heat energy powers Nuclear Power Plants and nuclear fission bombs.
  
The Weak Nuclear Force is the mechanism of interaction between subatomic particles that is responsible for the radioactive decay of atoms. The weak interaction serves an essential role in nuclear fission. The effective range of the weak force is limited to subatomic distances, and is less than the diameter of a proton.

Thus, when a uranium fuel is bombarded by a neutron, it splits into several fragments and by-products, such as, enormous amount of heat, radiation, other elements, and free neutrons. These free neutrons also split other nearby fissile materials repeating the fission process. With sufficient nuclear fuel around, this process continues resulting to a self-sustaining fission process called "CHAIN REACTION."

WHAT IS ENRICHED URANIUM NUCLEAR FUEL?

Enriched uranium is a type of uranium in which the percent composition of uranium-235 has been increased through the process of isotope separation. Natural uranium is 99.284% ²³⁸U isotope, with ²³⁵U only constituting about 0.711% of its weight. ²³⁵U is the only nuclide existing in nature (in any appreciable amount) that is fissile with thermal neutrons. Enriched uranium is a critical component for both civil nuclear power generation and military nuclear weapons. The International Atomic Energy Agency attempts to monitor and control enriched uranium supplies and processes in its efforts to ensure nuclear power generation safety and curb nuclear weapons proliferation. -- From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Current nuclear reactors use the low-enriched uranium (3-4% U-235) as the fuel to produce nuclear fission and generate power. 

One of the major advantage of Nuclear Energy vs. Fossil Fuels is that the equivalent energy released by a nuclear fission is much more than the conventional fossil energy sources.

For more revelatory explanations, go to the following articles:

1. Q114: CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN THE NUCLEAR FUSION PROCESS?
2. IS TAPPING NUCLEAR FUSION TO PRODUCE ENERGY FOR ELECTRICITY AGAINST THE LAWS OF GOD? Yes, It is Against The Laws of God If Men Exclude God From This Technology of Heaven! Nuclear Energy Must Be Matched With the High Level of Morality, Not Just Engineering Ingenuity!

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Jayson Ona Wind Solar and Thermal energies produces no waste?

Lope Columna Wind, Solar, Ocean/Sea Waves, Geothermal, and HydroElectric produce no wastes. Other Thermal Energy Sources produce Wastes; as Thermal Energy itself is a waste.