Nuclear power is the energy derived from the fission of the nuclei of heavy elements such as Uranium, Thorium etc. the amount of energy released per atom exceeds by a factor of several millions the amount of energy obtained per atom in a chemical reaction, such as the burning of fuel.
Nuclear Reactor:
The first large-scale nuclear reactors were built in 1944 at Hanford, Washington, for the production of nuclear weapons material. The fuel was natural uranium metal, the moderator, and graphite. Plutonium was produce in these plants by neutron absorption in uranium-238; the power produced was not used.
This plant being built at chasma in northern Pakistan is on a water body. In case of a nuclear accident and leakage into the river, there is good chance for radioactivity will affect all agriculture down-stream.
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