What are the similarities and differences between nuclear and coal-burning power stations?
Similarities: They both produce electricity. They both have the potential to be environmentally catastrophic. They both produce potentially deadly waste-products. Differences: One uses uranium, the other uses coal. Nuclear, although it produces deadly waste products, can also produce handy by-products such as different elements that can be used in medicine (as a result of the fission process used to fuel the electricity production). Coal spews out enormous amounts of particulate matter and CO2 into the atmosphere. Hope that helps!!
