Nuclear energy

We're going to see a major comeback in nuclear power on our way to a carbon-free future. This is the best clean energy investment you can make today.

Nuclear energy is comparable to renewable energy sources, but not without risk. What are the pros and cons of nuclear energy? Learn more about its effect.

Society must balance the pros and cons of nuclear energy and work out the massive issue of who foots the bills when power stations go over budget

With or without the U.S., nuclear power will grow worldwide. Many hundreds of new reactors will be built.

Unlike California, New York won’t sacrifice one zero-carbon energy source for another. It will use both.

A nuclear power plant is a thermal power station in which the heat source is a nuclear reactor.

image from here Nuclear power plants work almost exactly like hydroelectric power plants, except they use controlled fission to make steam which turns the turbines, rather than using gravity and water to turn the turbines. Once we understood the nuclear reactor, it was easy to visualize because we'd already talked so much about hydroelectric power during our water unit. To help us visualize the fuel rods (small pellets of enriched uranium, arranged in a row inside metal rods), we put black…

2 Worksheets containing 45 Questions with detailed answers and workings include types of radiation (alpha, beta, gamma), radioactive decay equations, the concept of half-life of a radioisotope and calculation of half-life of a radioactive substance, understanding nuclear energy from nuclear fusion and nuclear fission, calculation of mass defect and nuclear energy from nuclear fusion and nuclear fission, brief explanations of the uses of control rods and moderators in a nuclear powerplant…

The International Energy Agency (IEA) reports a growing global investment in nuclear power as countries hasten the transition to a low-carbon economy