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FurrowNuclearEnergy
| term | definition |
|---|---|
| nuclear energy | energy stored in the nucleus of an atom |
| fission | the splitting of an atom's nucleus into two smaller nuclei |
| fusion | the combining of two nuclei to produce a larger nucleus |
| Uranium 235 | fissile isotope of Uranium, used in power plants to generate electricity |
| Uranium 238 | most abundant isotope of Uranium, not fissile |
| neutron | neutral atomic particle used to split Uranium nuclei |
| generator | device that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy |
| Plutonium | radioactive element formed when U238 absorbs two neutrons that undergo beta decay |
| Hydrogen | element containing one proton that can be used for nuclear fusion |
| Helium | waste product of nuclear fusion |
| thermal energy | the total amount of energy in the particles of a substance |
| Chernobyl | in 1986, a nuclear reactor explodes here and releases 100 times more radiation than bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
| Fukushima | four of six reactors were damaged at a nuclear power plant here when, in 2011, an earthquake at sea caused a tsunami to hit the plant |
| Three Mile Island | nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania that suffered a partial meltdown in 1979 |
| turbine | a device made to revolve by, often, using steam |
| meltdown | an accident in a nuclear reactor in which the fuel overheats and melts the reactor core or shielding |
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