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Nuclear Energy
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From Theory to Practice
The nuclear age began in Germany, in the 1930s in the lab of chemist
Otto Hahn.
Hahn was attempting to produce radium (In great need during the war) by
bombarding uranium atoms with neutrons. To his surprise, he ended up with
a much lighter element, barium.
That w ....
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....onventional coal, gas or oil-fired station. Whether from a conventional
boiler or a nuclear reactor, heat is required to turn water into steam. The
steam is used to spin large turbines which in turn drive generators that
produce electricity. A reactor creates heat by splitting uranium atoms.
This is called 'Nuclear reaction' or 'Fission'.
When the nucleus of an uranium atom is stuck by a neutron travelling at
the right speed, it splits into fragments which separate rapidly and
generate heat.... |
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