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All around the world! In the United States alone there are 104 nuclear reactors producing around 20% of our electricity. Large power reactors are used to produce electricity for the public. Smaller reactors are used to make radioisotopes for medical treatments and for research into physics. Naval reactors provide propulsion for submarines and ships.
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∙ 15y agoNuclear energy is used as a source of heat. The heat from the reactor is used to heat up water and the steam moves a turbine that generates electricity. It's the same principal with a coal power plant, only the source of heat is different.
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∙ 14y agoAround 15% of the worlds electricity comes from nuclear power. France gets almost 80% of their electricity from nuclear power plants!
Some ships currently use nuclear propulsion, and there have been tests for use in spacecrafts as well.
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∙ 16y agoUSA, Canada, UK, France, Russia, Japan, South Africa, Czech Republic, Ukraine
Not sure...Spain, Germany, China, India,
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∙ 15y agoNuclear energy is just another way of producing electricity via a nuclear reactor.
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∙ 15y agoIn producing electricity, mainly PWR and BWR type reactors, with some Candu and AGR types.
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∙ 14y agoTo produce electricity
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What other names are there for nuclear energy?
Nuclear power, atomic power used to be the term used but is now not used so much.
How does the sun get its energy?
nuclear fusion
What is the major source of energy the sun now produces?
Nuclear fusion.
What is a sentence using nuclear energy?
I'm pretty sure that nuclear energy is not as safe to use as solar energy is. I wonder if the Japanese people are anxious to escape their reliance on nuclear energy, now that they have experienced a serious meltdown event.
What provides most of the earths energy?
As far as I know the sun provides ALL of the energy used by life on earth. Except maybe nuclear by humans, but photosynthesis in plants and that is the same energy stored in sugars and then used by metabolism from eating the sugars, oil is the same energy stored millions of years ago and being used now, same with coal, and solar obviously and without the sun there would be no wind so wind power too. And OTHER stars created the heavy elements used for nuclear power by the process of fission(In Theory).
What other names are there for nuclear energy?
Nuclear power, atomic power used to be the term used but is now not used so much.
What was nuclear energy used for in the past?
The same as it is used now, for electricity production, plus nuclear weapons
What percent of the US' energy does nuclear fusion supply?
The nuclear fusion is not used now as a source of energy; probable possible in a far future.
Is nuclear being used more now than in the past?
yes
What is your responsibility towards nuclear energy?
None at all. I used to work in the industry but am now retired
Usefulness of nuclear energy related to atomic energy?
Nuclear energy provides about 20 percent of US electricity, so it is useful. Atomic energy is the same thing, but is now an obsolete term, we use nuclear energy as the description now.
What is used for magnetic energy?
Magnetic energy is now being used to power some homes.
How does the sun get its energy?
nuclear fusion
Why are nuclear power plants being built in the US now?
Because it is a very clean source of energy that is very powerfull
How is nuclear energy and fusion energy different?
Nuclear energy as we use it now is from nuclear fission. Nuclear fusion is the joining up of nuclei rather than the splitting (fission), but it is not yet available on Earth.
How does nuclear engery affect the economy?
The nuclear energy is now the most important source of alternative energy.
What is the major source of energy the sun now produces?
Nuclear fusion.
