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What are the uses of atomic energy?
In civil nuclear plants, the heat produced by fission in U-235 is used to generate electricity.
What process releases the energy that is used in nuclear power plants to generate electrical energy?
It is nuclear fission
What are some exampels of nuclear energy?
the sun, atomic bombs, nuclear power plants
How many other coal plants would it take to replace nuclear plants?
Depends on the amount of electrical energy they (need to) generate. How much does the average nuclear plant generate ? How much does the average coal plant generate ?
Can nuclear plants help conserve energy?
They can help conserve other fuels which are used to generate energy. They can be used in place of those fuels but they, along with all power plants, generate energy they do not conserve it.
Nuclear power plants generate electricity from what?
From the thermal energy released by fission of uranium
What government agency regulates nuclear power plants?
The Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) regulates nuclear power plants in the US.
What mineral is highly reactive and is used as a source of atomic energy for bombs and nuclear powered generating plants?
Uranium is a highly reactive mineral that is used as a source of atomic energy for bombs and nuclear powered generating plants
What is a highly reactive mineral that is used as a source of atomic energy for bombs and nuclear powered generating plants?
Uranium is a highly reactive mineral that is used as a source of atomic energy for bombs and nuclear powered generating plants
What is the best definition of nuclear energy?
Energy stored in atomic nuclei that can be transformed into other forms of energy by complex power plants.
How many nuclear plants are in Great Britain?
according to the Atomic Energy Association there are 19 in Britain
During photosynthesis plants generate sugars which contain chemical potential energy but plants need external energy to perform photosynthesis. Where does this external energy come from?
nuclear reactions in the Sun
