The Advantages and

Disadvantages
of Nuclear Energy
By: Janet Miner, Millie Cline, Brittney Case, and Chelsea DeForest. 
Advantages
• Low Cost of Operation
• Reliable Source of Energy 
• Stable Base Load Energy 
• Produces Low Pollution 
• Sufficient Fuel Availability
• Has High Energy Density 

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Disadvantages
• Expensive to Build
• Accidents 
• Products Radioactive
Waste
• Impact On The
environment
• Security Threat
• Limited Fuel Supply

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 How feasible is
nuclear energy?
• Nuclear Has The Highest Capacity
Factor

This basically means nuclear power

plants are producing maximum power
more than 92% of the time during the
year. That's about nearly 2 times more
as natural gas and coal units.

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 •Why is • Nuclear takes 5 to 17
years longer between
nuclear planning and operation
energy and produces on average
23 times the emissions
not per unit electricity
feasible? generated. 

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