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Name: Reinvince Zadkiel D. Villaruel Date: 05/05/21

Grade and Section: 9-Pascal

Activity 3.3
Nuclear Energy
(Performance Tasks)

Directions: Look for articles or pictures of 2 nuclear power plants. Identify what nuclear reaction is used to
acquire energy. What are the possible advantages and disadvantages of its construction and operation? (Cite
at least 2 advantages and 2 disadvantages).

Nuclear power Plant Nuclear reaction is Advantages Disadvantages

Location or state with used to acquire (1 point each advantages) (1 point each
Picture energy disadvantages)
(2pts) (2pts)

1. Susquehanna 1 70 BWRs generate

miles NE of steam and heat
1. Due to the rejection 1. need a reactor
Harrisburg, PA by water directly within
of neutron absorption vessel of about two
Susquehanna Nuclear the reactor tank.
in boron and a slightly times more in volume
Co. Water is heated by
weaker neutron than a PWR of
fission as it is
moderation (due to comparable power.
pumped out into the
steam), the operating
reactor core. The 2. complicated
time of plutonium in
steam is then routed management
such a reactor will be
into pipes to a operation
longer than in PWR.
turbine, which
generates electricity. 2. The nuclear fuel
used by the atomic
reactor is uranium
oxides enriched
between 2% and 4%.

2. vogtle 1 in 26 miles A pressurizer is a

SE of Augusta, GA by device that
1. the core of the 1. most reactors need
Southern Nuclear regulates the
reactor contains less to be refueled after
Operating Co. coolant pressure in
fissile material, about 18 months, and
the primary reactor
decreasing the cannot be refueled
cooling system to
chances of additional while the reactor is
the point where
fission events to running.
boiling is essentially
occur, making the
suppressed within 2. radioactive yields
reactor safer and
the RPV. It is part of are destructive to the
more controllable
the primary coolant reactor (i.e. potential
pressure boundary 2. the water from the for radiation exposure)
which must be kept primary and ultimately limiting the
in good condition. secondary loops will reactor's operating life.
never touch or mix, so
there is no chance for
contamination.