first, nuclear includes fission and fusion, nuclear fusion basically uses the same concept as the sun uses to create heat,
all the power generating plants in the world are fission though,
with that said:
both technologies do not us fossil fuels or emit green house gases,
Nuclear fission fuel can be extracted from earth’s crust in form of uranium or be produced in a reactor by irradiating elements such as thorium or plotonium, while there are ample amounts for 100s of years to come, it is more limited since the son apparelntly will run out of gas in 5 billion more years!
Solar panels alse need access to the sun to be able to produce electricity while nuclear needs to built near a river that is constantly flowing at a minimum rate.
Solar power has a relatively low capacity factor, on Earth it is not sunny all of the time. Nuclear fission power plants have a very high capacity factor. Both power plants are expensive to build and expect return on investment over the life of the power plant. Both produce energy according to E= MC squared, the sun is fusion powered, while nuclear power plants are fission powered. Fission plants require Uranium fuel which has to be mined/refined, solar panels require chemicals and metals which need to be mined/refined.
I hope I have helped, check out the links for more information, good luck!
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Todd M Said,
May 28, 2009 @ 3:58 pm
Nuclear Fusion
vilmaxiii Said,
May 31, 2009 @ 9:55 am
solar power fist off if from a the sun, wich the sun is an on gion nuclear expolosion
nuclear power is dangerous to produce thou, while solar is clean and everyday avalible even when it “dont look” sunny,,
nuclear is decompositive
solar is also decompositive
ghakh Said,
June 2, 2009 @ 9:19 am
first, nuclear includes fission and fusion, nuclear fusion basically uses the same concept as the sun uses to create heat,
all the power generating plants in the world are fission though,
with that said:
both technologies do not us fossil fuels or emit green house gases,
Nuclear fission fuel can be extracted from earth’s crust in form of uranium or be produced in a reactor by irradiating elements such as thorium or plotonium, while there are ample amounts for 100s of years to come, it is more limited since the son apparelntly will run out of gas in 5 billion more years!
Solar panels alse need access to the sun to be able to produce electricity while nuclear needs to built near a river that is constantly flowing at a minimum rate.
hope this helps!
Nukemann Said,
June 3, 2009 @ 6:38 pm
Solar power has a relatively low capacity factor, on Earth it is not sunny all of the time. Nuclear fission power plants have a very high capacity factor. Both power plants are expensive to build and expect return on investment over the life of the power plant. Both produce energy according to E= MC squared, the sun is fusion powered, while nuclear power plants are fission powered. Fission plants require Uranium fuel which has to be mined/refined, solar panels require chemicals and metals which need to be mined/refined.
I hope I have helped, check out the links for more information, good luck!