How do nuclear power plants work? - M. V. Ramana and Sajan Saini
How do nuclear power plants work? - M. V. Ramana and Sajan Saini with tags ted, ted-ed, ted education, ted ed, m. v. ramana, sajan saini, wooden plane productions, nuclear power, nuclear energy, uranium, nucleus, atom, nuclear reactor, nuclear fission, fission, electricity, chain reaction, atomic nucleas, proton, neutron, enrichment, u-235, u-238, bomb, turbine generator, meltdown, containment, half life, power plant, radioactivity, environment, security
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-are-the-challenges-of-nuclear-power-m-v-ramana-and-sajan-sainiOur ability to mine great amounts of energy from uranium nuclei has led some to bill nuclear power as a plentiful, utopian source of electricity. But rather than dominate the global electricity market, nuclear power has declined from a high of 18% in 1996 to 11% today. What happened to the great promise of this technology? M.V. Ramana and Sajan Saini detail the challenges of nuclear power. Lesson by M. V. Ramana and Sajan Saini, animation by Wooden Plane Productions.
