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Non-renewable Energy Source
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Non-renewable Sources
Non-renewable energy source:• An energy source that either cannot be
renewed, or that takes millions of years to renew naturally.
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Thermal Generation Using Fossil Fuels
• Thermal generation is a method for generating electricity in which water is heated to produce steam, which spins a turbine connected to a generator.
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• A common way to heat water is by burning fossil fuels.
• Burning coal, oil, and natural gas currently provides more than half of the world’s supply of electrical energy.
• Fossil fuels are non-renewable as they are formed from the remains of microbes, plants, and animals that lived millions of years ago.
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Advantages/Disadvantages of Fossil Fuels
Advantages Disadvantage•Much less expensive then other sources
•non-renewable•releases CO2 into the air contributing to climate change.•obtaining fossil fuels destroys habitats.•Causes pollution including acid rain.
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Thermal Generation Using Nuclear Energy:• Nuclear power plants use materials such as
uranium as fuel.• The nucleus of a uranium atom stores a large
quantity of nuclear energy.• When these atoms break apart, the atoms’
nuclear energy is transformed into thermal energy.
• A small pellet of uranium – produces about as much energy as burning 570 L of oil.
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• In nuclear power plants, long metallic tubes are filled with pellets of uranium.
• The tubes are placed in a nuclear reactor.• The energy released produces stream that
turns a turbine in a generator.
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• Radioactive waste from a nuclear reactor is stored underwater for more than 10 years.
• Then it is stored in a dry storage behind concrete 1 m thick.
• After another 60 years, the canisters can be moved to long-term storage, but it is still unsafe.
• It will remain unsafe for tens of thousands of years!
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Advantages/Disadvantages of Nuclear Power
Advantages Disadvantages•Does not cause air pollution
•Does no emit greenhouse gases
•Non-renewable
•Mining uranium causes pollution
•Plants are expensive
•Risk of serious accidents