Conventional fossil fuels are harmful to the environment. Alternative solutions include using nuclear energy or solar energy. A decision to opt for solar power over nuclear energy might be based on which of these facts?

A) Nuclear energy is highly unreliable and difficult to store.

B) Solar power plants can be easily set up over small tracts of land.

Eliminate

C) Wastes from nuclear power plants are harmful and difficult to manage.

D) Solar energy is independent of season and can be easily trapped and stored.

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Irwin

7 June, 02:42

Conventional fossil fuels are harmful to the environment. Alternative solutions include using nuclear energy or solar energy. A decision to opt for solar power over nuclear energy might be based on which of these facts?

A) Nuclear energy is highly unreliable and difficult to store.

B) Solar power plants can be easily set up over small tracts of land.

Eliminate

C) Wastes from nuclear power plants are harmful and difficult to manage.

D) Solar energy is independent of season and can be easily trapped and stored.

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Isaac Velez · Answer 1

I’d go for (C) : Wastes from nuclear power plants are harmful and difficult to manage.

When nuclear reactors ‘safety systems are not properly installed and maintained, a nuclear reactor could emit harmful amounts of radiation into the environment. The leak of radiation end result could be catastrophic especially if a containment field were to suddenly rapture. The main disadvantage of this is the difficulty to manage the nuclear waste and might take years to eliminate its radioactivity.