Do nuclear power plants release radiation

Do nuclear power plants release radiation ?
While functioning , does radiation escape ?

All nuclear power plants have fission going on while they're operative - that's how they work. The fission of radioactive materials causes heat, which boils water, which create steam, which spins turbines, which creates electricity.

The radioactivity of these materials, while unsafe for direct handling, isn't the "glowing instant death" hollywood likes to depict. You could hold uranium-235 (what they use in most nuclear reactors) in your hands if you were wearing thick gloves and you'd be fine so long as you didn't do it for too long. Furthermore, nuclear power plants have a great deal of protection to prevent the radiation from leaving the room. Even working in a nuclear plant BARELY increases the level of radiation you're exposed to, not even enough to cause harm unless the plant is poorly-built.

While in normal operating status a small amount of radioactive material is released to the environment typically. This is actually far less than the amount of material (mostly uranium and thorium) which would be released to the environment by burning coal to produce the same amount of usable power.

Only at a level below the normal background level.

Remember that your body emits radiation. And that a coal power plant releases radiation products at a very high level.

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If they released radiation, they would not be used. It is pretty much common sense.

Look up recent news in Japan.

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