NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -As confirmed by the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency, nuclear power plants ‘are among the safest and most secure facilities in the world, ’ and nuclear power is one of the safest forms of energy generation.

Detailed explanation-2: -Nuclear is a zero-emission clean energy source. It generates power through fission, which is the process of splitting uranium atoms to produce energy. The heat released by fission is used to create steam that spins a turbine to generate electricity without the harmful byproducts emitted by fossil fuels.

Detailed explanation-3: -Although nuclear energy itself is a renewable energy source, the material used in nuclear power plants is not. Nuclear energy harvests the powerful energy in the nucleus, or core, of an atom. Nuclear energy is released through nuclear fission, the process where the nucleus of an atom splits.

Detailed explanation-4: -Nuclear fusion is still potentially the safest and most powerful energy source humankind can harness-capable of generating four times as much energy as fission.