What is Nuclear Fuel?

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What is Nuclear Fuel?
Nuclear fuel is an energy source that results
from the splitting of atoms.

• Advantages
• Helps generate electricity
• Low fuel costs (Uranium 235)
• Water vapor is the only emission

• Problems
• Cause thermal pollution of waterways.
• Difficult to safely dispose of nuclear
  (radioactive)
• wastes .

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How does a nuclear power plant work?