Are nuclear power plants a clean source of energy? Should we build more nuclear power plants?

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U.S. alone produce 3,000 tons of high-level waste each year from 104 reactors. Radio active waste lasts millions of years, and the problem of what to do with this waste has not been solved.

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How many solar panels and nuclear power plants do you need to produce 500 MW of energy? ?

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So how many solar panels do you require to produce 500MW of energy? Also how many nuclear power plants do you require to produce 500MW of energy? Thanks

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What is the difference between geothermal energy and nuclear energy? how are they alike?

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Ontario’s Green Energy Blues

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Part III in The Agenda’s “Pressures of Progress” series: Ontario is trying to become a world leader in green technology. And while the McGuinty Liberals believe it’s the future, citizens and industry aren’t fully buying in. Do we all want …

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How many functioning power plants (not just nuclear or geothermal, etc.) are there on Earth?

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I’ve been able to find out that we have more than 400 nuclear power plants but cannot seem to find a statistic on the total number of all power plants to compare it to.

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Is it possible to combine nuclear energy and geothermal energy to solve the energy crisis?

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I have this idea to tunnel down into the mantle and set off nuclear bombs at different levels of the earth’s crust to create a small volcanic region that can be used to make steam to drive turbines on the …

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