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Nuclear Technology
Nuclear is a clean renewable source of energy that generates around 15% of electricity in Canada. Nuclear power plant generates intense heat by nuclear fission (splitting of atoms); the heat created is used to boil water, steam eventually builds up and turns the turbines which crates electricity. It is proven that not only nuclear power plants are cleaner than power plant that uses coal and oil, nuclear power plants are also 35% cheaper. Canada is one of the world’s leading country in terms of nuclear technologies. In 1945, Canada built the world’s second operational nuclear power plant in Chalk River, Ontario. And Canadian scientist invented a revolutionary nuclear reactor called the CANDU (Canadian Deuterium Uranium) reactor. Before the invention of CANDU reactor, the ordinary nuclear power plant has to stop functioning temporally when it is refueling; but for a CANDU reactor, the power plant could continue to generate even when it is refueling. In fact, the CANDU reactor is so successful and revolutionary that many of it is sold oversea.

Although, nuclear power plants may sound flawless, there are still some down side to it. The biggest downside to nuclear power plants is that all nuclear plants crates nuclear waste. The nuclear waste will remain radioactive for centuries, harming both human and the nature. The nuclear waste is usually shipped for storage underground. If the barrel which contains nuclear waste leaks the toxin in the storage area, the area will also become radioactive, making the area non-livable. Nuclear waste is so dangerous that it may post threat to public health and safety when transporting the substance for the power plant to the storage area.

Overall, nuclear is one of the best way to generate electricity. It is cheap, reliable, and is a clean source of energy. In the future, more and more new power plant will be built, and soon, nuclear power plant will take the over role what is now the oil and coal power plants. Nuclear technologies is crucial for the success of our country.