Nuclear power is currently the safest, most efficient way of producing power. Fossil fuels such as coal and oil damage the environment whilst solar power and wind power hasn't soared yet. A replacement for nuclear power may be hydrogen fuel cells from water but this would not be as efficient as nuclear power.
Solar power, nuclear power and generators
Uranium is used in nuclear power reactors to produce electricity or thermal energy.
Nuclear Power is used in power stations to produce electricity
Illinois is were nuclear power is most used
It is used for electricity in nuclear power plants == == Nuclear power is used to heat steam which then turns turbines, which generate electricity in nuclear power stations and also to provide propulsion and power on board nuclear submarines.
Other names for nuclear energy include atomic energy, nuclear power, and atomic power.
Nuclear power is not usually sited in cities, I'm not aware of any plants that are. They are always sited in non-urban areas.
Nuclear energy as obtained in nuclear reactor power plants comes from the fission or splitting of the nuclei of uranium and plutonium. It is not a chemical burning process and does not need any other elements to make it happen.
Most current power plants use water, but heavy water, graphite, hydrocarbons, etc. could be used instead.
In a nuclear power plant
Most commonly used material to produce nuclear energy in Uranium.
There is no nuclear power in Kenya