How many type of nuclear energy?
Nuclear fission reactors come in various forms, though the principle of using the heat from a nuclear chain reaction is always the same.
1. Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR). 2. Boiling Water Reactor (BWR). 3. Magnox gas cooled reactor (no longer built) 4. Advanced gas cooled reactor (no longer built but still in use in UK). 5. Canadian heavy water reactor (Candu) 6. Russian design of Chernobyl type.
I think this covers the most used types for power generation. There are others such as the gas cooled pebble bed reactor, and the fast breeder reactor, that are possible but designs have not been so successful and these have not been adopted commercially.
Which is more important nuclear energy or atomic energy?
Both types of energy are important in our life. Atomic energy deals with the energy produced by the chemical reactions caused by interactions among the electrons that are surrounding the relevant atoms. It is the type of reactions responsible of the energy obtained from burning fossil fuels as oil, gas, and coal. Nuclear energy deals with the energy produced by the nuclear reactions caused by interactions among the nuclei of the atoms resulting in nuclear…