Nuclear Power

Which is a non-renewable energy resource

• biomass energy

• nuclear fuels

• geothermal energy

• wind

Nuclear power plants produce electricity using energy from the radioactive decay of

• uranium-235

• uranium-238

• plutonium-235

• plutonium-238

What energy source is responsible for the largest fraction of electricity in the US

• natural gas

• coal

• uranium

• oil

Currently, most high-level radioactive waste from nuclear reactors in the United States is

• stored in ocean trenches

• burried in yecca mountains

• reprocessed into fuel pellets

• stored at the power plant that produced it

What is one environmental impact of nuclear waste?

• kills ecosystems

• preserves ecosystems

• easy to store

• not harmful