QUESTION 6 ELECTRICITY GENERATION IN SOUTH AFRICA 6.1 Read the text below and answer the questions that foliow. Nuclear fission is the release of energy that occurs when a radioactive element such as uranium is split into other atoms. South Africa's main coal reserves are concentrated in Mpumalanga. Because moving coal or electricity over long distances is inefficient. it was decided in the mid-1970s to build a nuclear power station at Koeberg near Cape Tawn in the Westem Cape. A nuclear power station uses radioactive fuel, usually uranium-235, which iIS placed in a reactor. Nuclear waste is radioactive because the splitting of uranium atoms also reieases garmma radiation. These gamma rays are similar to x-rays and can cause bums, cancer and genetic mutations in living things. They can only be slowed or stopped with thick walls of concrete, lead, or packed ground. It is therefore very important that nuclear waste is disposed of correctly, so that it does not contaminate the environment or harm people. 6.1.1 Explain why the Koeberg power plant was built in the Westem Cape. 6.1.2 Which element is used in nuclear reactors? Element Uranium 6.1.3 What health problems are associated with nuclear waste?

QUESTION 6 ELECTRICITY GENERATION IN SOUTH AFRICA 6.1 Read the text below and answer the questions that foliow. Nuclear fission is the release of energy that occurs when a radioactive element such as uranium is split into other atoms. South Africa's main coal reserves are concentrated in Mpumalanga. Because moving coal or electricity over long distances is inefficient. it was decided in the mid-1970s to build a nuclear power station at Koeberg near Cape Tawn in the Westem Cape. A nuclear power station uses radioactive fuel, usually uranium-235, which iIS placed in a reactor. Nuclear waste is radioactive because the splitting of uranium atoms also reieases garmma radiation. These gamma rays are similar to x-rays and can cause bums, cancer and genetic mutations in living things. They can only be slowed or stopped with thick walls of concrete, lead, or packed ground. It is therefore very important that nuclear waste is disposed of correctly, so that it does not contaminate the environment or harm people. 6.1.1 Explain why the Koeberg power plant was built in the Westem Cape. 6.1.2 Which element is used in nuclear reactors? Element Uranium 6.1.3 What health problems are associated with nuclear waste?

Introductory Circuit Analysis (13th Edition)

13th Edition

ISBN:9780133923605

Author:Robert L. Boylestad

Publisher:Robert L. Boylestad

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