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Encyclopedia: Nuclear power |
 | | Renewable energy (sources) or RES capture their energy from existing flows of energy, from on-going natural processes, such as sunshine, wind, flowing water, biological processes, and geothermal heat flows. |
 | | The nuclear reactors are inside the cylindrical containment buildings to the right - left is a cooling tower venting water vapor (literally a cloud). |
 | | In general, fast-spectrum reactors will produce less waste, and the waste they do produce will have a vastly lower halflife, but they are more difficult to build, and more expensive to operate. |
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