Question

What are the advantages of nuclear energy?

Answer 1

The advantages of nuclear energy are:

•  Large amount of energy is produced per unit mass.
•  It does not produce smoke. It is a clean energy.
•  Fission of one atom of uranium produces 10 million times the energy released by burning of one atom of carbon.
•  Fusion of four hydrogen atoms produces huge amount of energy approximately equal to 27 MeV.