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FurrowNuclearEnergy

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