Building nuclear energy plants can be quite a challenge. The time taken to build a nuclear plant is approximately six years. But this can vary due to external circumstances like project management and environmental issues. Construction of nuclear power plants in India has been relatively fast, between four to six years. One of the key agencies responsible for the construction of nuclear power plants in India is the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited. {NPCIL}.
Once a nuclear plant is commissioned by the government, the work on it begins. The most important part of the plant is the reactor. It is in these reactors that the essential processes of takes place, leading to the release of energy in the form of radiation. Immense care is taken to see to it that this radioactive matter is not released into the environment. For this purpose, a reactor is built by using tons of reinforced steel and concrete.
The reactor edifice is built to be so strong so as to withstand any kind of shocks. Nuclear accidents however, can be a possibility despite all measures to prevent them. Chernobyl in Russia and the Three Mile Islands accidents in the US has been responsible for a creating a huge setback in the development of nuclear energy complex in many countries. But good management and efficient procedures can minimize nuclear accidents to a great extent.
Fast Breeder Reactors have also been developed with technological advancements in the nuclear field. Breeder reactors utilize a small amount of fuel in the form of plutonium instead of uranium. A technological process called reprocessing is used in breeder reactors. In this process, the spent fuel, known as nuclear waste, is processed back into the fuel cycle to create energy.
Reprocessing also deals very effectively with the dangers of nuclear waste being dumped in the environment.
References:
http://www.futurepundit.com/archives/004449.html
http://www.physicsforums.com/archive/index.php/t-86601.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/2763/Electricity/Generating/Nuclear.html
http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/progress/nuclear-faq.html
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