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What is Nuclear Energy and how is it made?

Nuclear energy originates from the splitting of uranium atoms in a process called fission. At the power plant, the fission process is used to generate heat for producing steam, which is used by a turbine to generate electricity.

(Source: http://www.westinghousenuclear.com/Community/WhatIsNuclearEnergy.shtm

Nuclear power is generated with fission and fusion; the splitting and combining of atoms.

• if you split or combine an atom, a large amount of energy is released

• the energy released is in the form of heat

•this heat is used to boil water, which is then passed through a turbine to generate electricity

•this means that nuclear power works together with hydroelectric power!

(Source:
http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/nuclear-fuel-cycle/power-reactors/nuclear-
power-reactors/)

(Source: http://www.mphpa.org/classic/ML/Photo-Pages/MLP-498.htm)

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Nuclear energy and its uses

By Lana Gorr