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The Power Of Energy: Nuclear Power And Nuclear Energy

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Nuclear energy

What is nuclear energy:

Nuclear energy is a nuclear power that released by nuclear reaction to generate heat. the energy released. nuclear energy uses fuel made from mined and processed uranium to make steam and generate electricity by two ways. nuclear fusion and nuclear fission. In nuclear fusion, energy is released when atoms are combined or fused together to form a larger atom. The sun produces energy like this. But in nuclear fission, atoms are split into smaller atoms, releasing energy. Actually, nuclear power plants can only use nuclear fission to produce electricity. Nuclear generation is the only source of electricity that can produce large amounts of power known as base load power—reliably without emitting greenhouse gases. Nuclear energy has one of the lowest environmental impacts on land and natural resources of any electricity source.
Nuclear energy is a rare form of energy. It is the energy stored in the center or the nucleus of an atom. After we bombard the nucleus into two parts, two different elements are formed along with the emission of high energy. The process generally followed is called fission. There is another reaction called fusion, which produces almost one tenth of the energy as produced during fission. Fission is the chain reaction which needs uranium-235. The nuclear energy is considered as the worthiest alternative source of energy after fossil fuels.

How Nuclear Energy Works?
Electricity through nuclear energy is produced
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