What is nuclear energy and how does it work?
ABCIn June, the Coalition released the locations and timelines of proposed nuclear power plant sites, as part of its telegraphed stance on moving Australia towards nuclear as an energy source. "The heat to drive a nuclear power station comes from breaking up uranium atoms in the core of the reactor … then that hot nuclear fuel is used to boil water, like in a giant kettle," he said. The World Nuclear Association found nuclear energy accounted for about 10 per cent of the global energy mix, but as international nuclear energy lawyer Helen Cook said, some countries rely on nuclear more heavily. "If you were to use nuclear energy for your entire life, so one person for his or her entire life, the high-level waste generated would fit inside a can of Coke," Helen Cook said. Whereas … nuclear energy and its operating phase produces none of that harmful stuff," lawyer Helen Cook said.
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