In the US, about 20 percent of electricity
Nuclear energy generated by nuclear fissions of nuclear fuels.
nuclear energy
The heat energy resulting from nuclear fission is used to produce steam that spins the turbine.
The difference between Fusion and Fission is that Fission is easier to do and produces more energy than fusion reactions. However fission can be dangerous and is used in Nuclear reactors. Fusion however is safer and produces less energy but safely. It is quite difficult to cause a Fusion reaction however.
- to obtain electrical energy - to obtain thermal energy - to obtain bombs
Nuclear energy generated by nuclear fissions of nuclear fuels.
nuclear energy
nuclear energy
Uranium is used to make energy by fission
Nuclear fission is now commercially available in nuclear fission reactors since the fifties of last century. Nuclear Fusion is still under R&D. Nuclear fission reactors are clean energy source.
nuclear fission
That released by fission in a nuclear reactor
The isotope uranium-235 (or uranium-233) under nuclear fission emit the energy of fission. This energy is transformed in heat and electricity.
A fission of energy atoms generating nuclear energy that is used to produce electricity.
The heat energy resulting from nuclear fission is used to produce steam that spins the turbine.
We use nuclear fission in nuclear reactors to tap nuclear energy.
Nuclear energy as used in power plants results from fission of uranium235 and plutonium239