Advantages and Disadvantages of Nuclear Power Plants
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Following are the advantages of nuclear plants :
- It reduces the demand on depleting resources of energy and on the rising cost of fuels like coal, oil and gas.
- The problem of transportation of conventional fuels is avoided since the requirement of nuclear fuel for nuclear power station is negligible compared to conventional power plants.
- Load shading problem is avoided unlike the case of hydro-electric plants whose power output is dependent on rainfalls.
- Large storage facilities of fuel are not needed as in case of conventional power plants.
- Nuclear power plants need less space compared to conventional power plants of the same capacity.
- Nuclear plants besides producing large power , produce valuable fissile material.
- Performance of these plants is high.
- These plants are non-polluting unlike coal or oil fired power plants.
- Disadvantages of Nuclear Power Plants.
Following are the disadvantages of nuclear power plants :
- Its capital cost is high.
- It needs trained man power.
- It has the problem of radioactive waste disposal.
- High degree of safety is needed for the personnel working on these plants against the nuclear radiations.
- Cost of power generation is high.