Uses uranium to make energy, but creates dangerous waste.

• A. Solar Energy
• B. Nuclear Power
• C. Oil and Gas
• D. Wind Energy

Answer: (B)

Nuclear power relies on fission of uranium to release heat, which is used to turn water into steam and drive turbines to generate electricity. The big trade-off is that, while operation emits little greenhouse gases, the process creates radioactive waste that must be isolated and guarded for very long periods because it remains hazardous for thousands of years. This combination—using uranium as fuel and producing dangerous, long-lived waste—fits the description given.

Other energy options don’t involve uranium or produce the same kind of hazardous radioactive waste. Solar and wind harvest ambient energy with little to no long-term toxic waste, while oil and gas burn fossil fuels and create air pollutants and greenhouse gases rather than long-lived radioactive waste.