An accessible and informative overview of the basic science and economics behind building a new nuclear power plant for KS4 science.
This video will poses the mock challenge students; If you're worried about solving the world's energy needs, why not get your mates together and build your very own nuclear power plant?
A visit to Finland reveals some of Europe's top experts giving their tips on how to go about building it.
While there will be an explanation of the science of nuclear fission, the main focus will be how they might manage to pay for it.
There are interviews with those who are both for and against nuclear power and finally, one of the world's leading financial analysts at PricewaterhouseCoopers, designers of the financing package for the newest nuclear power plant in Finland, share their insights.
Useful websites
Overview of types of nuclear power reactors and their operating principles as well as accessible scientific explanations of fission; the management fission, and how types of nuclear waste are also managed
Overview of the history and problems encountered by the new nuclear power plant being built in Finland
Posiva is close to completing an underground network of tunnels for the final disposal of high level nuclear waste generated and to be generated by nuclear power plants in Finland
