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There are two ways to get usable energy from atoms. One is to break up big atoms, like Uranium; the other is to combine small atoms, specifically Hydrogen. The first (and somewhat less efficient) is nuclear; the other - since it takes a lot of heat to get it started - is thermonuclear. We can now use controlled fission (breaking up) to make electricity and the search is on for controlled fusion (joining together).

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