NUCLEAR POWER

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• THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
• Pressurized Water Reactor
• Boiling Water Reactor

PRESSURIZED WATER REACTOR

• PWRs keep water under pressure so that it heats, and not boil. The water then goes into steam generators and is turned to steam, which then turns the turbine generators.
• The steam is turned back into water and is reused

BOILING WATER REACTORS

• BWRs heat water by fission, which is when uranium atoms split, and is boiled and then is turned to steam and turns the turbine generator
• The steam is turned back into water and is reused

HOW IT IS USED

• Nuclear energy can be used to make electricity, but it must first be released from the atom

CURRENT USE

• 3/4 total energy

EFFECTS ON ENVIRONMENT