Nuclear Power
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Producing energy from a plant is very complicated. The process of
nuclear energy involves the fission of atoms, the release of energy from fission
as heat, and the transfer of heat to electricity in power plants.
The process of splitting the atom is called nuclear fission. Fission can take
place ....
Middle of paper
.... reaction, each
neutron that is given off could collide with another Uranium atom splitting it
apart. Each of these fissioning atoms releases a very large amount of energy,
and some more neutrons.
This process continues causing a chain reaction withut any outside assistance,
and the Uranium has "gone critical"(Martindale, 794-195). This chain reaction
is the basis for how nuclear power is made.
The amount of the energy that is given off in nuclear fission is astronomical.
To equal the amou ....
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