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Nuclear Power is the electric energy generated using heat produced by an atomic reaction. Now, today in the world most of us would be at loss without electricity in our daily lives. Nuclear power plants produce a sizeable percentage of the world's electricity today. Nuclear power plants provide about 17% of the worlds electricity. It is stated that some countries depend more on nuclear power for electricity than others. In the United States, however, nuclear power plants supplies about 15% of the electricity overall,. There are more than 400 nuclear power plants around the world, with more than 100 in the United States.
A Nuclear power plant is basically a stream power plant that is fueled by a radioactive element, like uranium. The fuel is placed in a reactor and the individual atoms are allowed to split apart. The splitting process known as fission, releases great amounts of energy, this energy is used to heat water until it turns to stream . From there, the mechanics of a stream......

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