Tiny Atom, Huge Potential, Beyond Expectation: November 2011

Friday, November 25, 2011

Nuclear Boy!

I tell, you decide...

-mudfin-

source:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sakN2hSVxA

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Nuclear technology: Standing in the eyes of the world

Nuclear Power Plant?? In Malaysia??
That might be the response by many people in this country when the news spread out.

This entry will reveal to everyone, the current standing of other countries on Nuclear Power Plant.

As pointed out in our first entry, there 440 plus nuclear reactors in the world. That's a lot! Considering how we feel that this is a new issue.

This picture here shows the countries that own those reactors.

A lot huh?

A more precise distribution of nuclear reactor around the world.

Nuclear? How Much Do We Need?

To generate megawatt hour of energy, only 45.5 miligrams uranium needed? that's to little...
But uranium is expansive when it being used to generate electricity is it?

Eh, it is among the cheapest...

I tell, you decide...

-mudfin-

source
http://www.euronuclear.org/info/encyclopedia/coalequivalent.htm
http://nuclearfissionary.com/2010/04/02/comparing-energy-costs-of-nuclear-coal-gas-wind-and-solar/

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Nuclear Power: Future Plan Worldwide

Increasing energy demand, plus concerns on the environmental issues and too much dependency on fossil fuel sources are coinciding to make the case for increasing use of nuclear.

To date, there are 443 NPP reactors operating in 30 countries. Combination of the generation capacity provided 2630 billion kWh, about 14 % of the world’s electricity.

NPP capacity worldwide is increasing steadily, with over 60 new reactors under constructions in 14 countries. Guys, one-thing-you-should-know is more reactors are on planned in Asian region, including our neighboring countries; Indonesia and Thailand.

In general, future plan for NPP reactors worldwide are to increase nuclear capacity by up rating existing plants and extension of the plant life.

From the projection above, most likely the generation capacity on nuclear energy keep increasing by year. The projected increase in total electricity (TWh) and energy harnessed from nuclear by different regions up to year 2030 shown in figure below.

-meorsyukri-

"towards greener tomorrow"

sources:

http://www-pub.iaea.org/mtcd/publications/pdf/pub1304_web.pdf

http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf17.html

http://www.world-nuclear.org/outlook/clean_energy_need.html

Monday, November 21, 2011

Nuclear in Layman's Term

What Is Nuclear?

Nuclear – Form by nuclear reactions, such as making a very complex element into a simpler one that process & create energy. The energy comes from the nuclear power plant which is a facility to generate continuous amount of electricity. Below shows a simple diagram of how nuclear energy is achieved:-

Nuclear – Is it Dangerous?

When everybody says about nuclear, they will think that:

This Power Plant will lead to THIS????

It is NOT TRUE when people say that Nuclear Power plant can explode like an atomic bomb as shown in the figure above.

In layman’s terms, nuclear bombs work by splitting the atoms of unstable radioactive material, which creates a lot of energy in the form of heat, light and deadly gamma radiation. The immense heat creates a powerful shock-wave that can level whole cities to the ground.