Q. 4. What are the advantages of nuclear energy?
Nuclear energy has the following advantages:
(i) It's calorific value is much larger than conventional fossil fuels.
(ii) By regulating rate of nuclear fission energy can be generated at very high rate.
(iii) Nuclear fission does not form any smoke.
(iv) Once fully loaded a nuclear reactor can produce high amounts of energy for very long time at a stretch without having to be reloaded.