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Nuclear power comes from the release of binding energy (Strong Atomic Force) that hold nuclei together.

In a reactor core, we use neutrons to fission Uranium-235 (and occasionally others, such as Uranium-238, Plutonium-239, and/or Thorium-232) atoms into two smaller atoms of various elements. The mass of the contributing particles is greater than the mass of the resulting particles. This mass differential is manifest as excess energy, and it is released as heat and radiation.

Each fission event produces more neutrons, and those go on to sustain the reaction by causing more fission events. That is why its called a chain reaction.

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