electricity (The Nuclear Power Plant, scienceclarified, 2009). Every plant includes four .

             fundamental components: the reactor, the coolant systems, the electrical power generating unit, .

             and the safety system (2009). Splitting uranium-235 or plutonium-239 by bombarded neutrons, .

             which is a fission reaction, is the source of energy. Not only huge amounts of energy are the .

             product of fission reaction, but also waste products (2009). The fluid absorbs heat from the .

             reactor and begins to boil (2009). Steam from this process is sent into the electrical generating .

             unit by pipe. And then steam turns the turbine to produce the electrical energy (2009).

             Obninsk APS-1.

             The first nuclear power plant in the world was Obninsk APS-1 in 1954 and it based on .

             Obninsk, outside of Moscow (World"s First Nuclear Power Plant Opens, 2007). It .

             produced 5 MW of electric power (The History of Nuclear Technology, ICJT Nuclear .

             Training Centre, 2001). Forty-eight years later it was shut down (Model of Fuel Elements for the .

             Obninsk APS-1, orau, 2007).

             Environmental Effects of Nuclear Power Plants.

             Construction of Nuclear Power Plants.

             The environment is disturbed by nuclear power plants during the plant construction .

             (Environmental Effects of Nuclear Power Generation, 2004). It is not only nuclear power plants .

             that destroy the environment but also a non-nuclear power plant (2004). The problems of the .

             environment that are expected from the construction of a power plants, are new roads, increasing .

             traffic flow in the existing roads, excavations, cutting trees and other plants, frightened animals .

             (2004). To select the area to build nuclear power plants should be done carefully to avoid most of .

             those problems (2004).

             Water Usage and Release.

             .

             Usually, nuclear power plants have to be located near a river, sea, or lake, because they .

             have to use water to cool the temperature caused by the fission process (Environmental effects of .