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This depends on the material used in the fission process and also on what scale as to what else is produced in a nuclear power plant besides electricity; as a fuel, uranium-235 is often put into use;

In the process of fission, where a nucleus absorbs a neutron, it becomes unstable and splits into two daughter nuclei, usually of either barium, strontium or krypton (for the fission of uranium-235) these are some of the products released.

Along with those elements, neutrons are also dispersed; these are absorbed by boron rods in the nuclear reactor.

Heat energy is also released, which heats the water in the pressurised water reactor, which produces steam to drive turbines, which create kinetic energy, which is transferred into electrical energy in a generator and so on.

The nuclear waste produced from the whole process is classed as Low Level Waste (LLW), Intermediate Level Waste (ILW) and High Level Waste (HLW)-HLW being potentially the most dangerous of the three and has also caused some controversy in the disposal of this waste.

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