How it's made

The fuel which is uranium 235 pellets of this are less than an inch but produces energy equivalent to a ton of coal.The pellets are placed end to end into fuel rods that are 12 feet long.Then the atoms of the uranium pellets are split (fission).The heat in the reactor is transferred to three water systems the first being the primary coolant.Then the steam is taken and passes through thousands of tubes in nearby steam generators.The steam is piped from the containment building into the turbine building to push the giant blades of a turbine.At some nuclear stations Laker water flows through thousands of condenser tubes to condense steam back to water.

Here's some other reactor designs that create energy differently