Nuclear Fission vs. Nuclear Fusion Reading Interactive Activity ... - Free Printable

Final Answer:
Nuclear Fission:
- Energy produced from Uranium and Plutonium
- Generates a lot of radioactive waste that
- Lack of proper control leads to harmful radiation exposure that last for long time
- Products of this reaction are not radioactive
- Caused the nuclear meltdown in Chernobyl, Ukraine
- Also called radioactive decay
- We lack the technology to create this type of energy on Earth
- Source of energy inside the earth

Nuclear Fusion:
- Naturally occurs in the sun
- Smaller nuclei collide and create larger element, releasing neutrons, and energy
- Energy in Sun produced from fusion of Deuterium and Tritium
- Would produce an unlimited amount of clean energy
- Does not produce air pollution like fossil fuels and burning of coal does
- Source of energy outside the earth
- Provides heat inside the earth
- Produces large amounts of energy
- Source for all external weather-related events
- Earth’s source of external energy like the atmosphere, oceans, weather, plants
- Creates earthquakes and volcanoes