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Nuclear power (1)
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Oct 16, 2007
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Nuclear power in a nutshell: - Place a chunk of radioactive material (usually uranium) in water.
- Stand back as the radioactive material decays, creating heat.
- Use the heat to boil water.
- Use the steam produced to spin a turbine (the same thing used to generate hydroelectric power and, in a sense, wind power).
- Use the turbine to generate electricity.
That's pretty much it. Safety precautions and waste disposal make things a bit more complicated, but that's essentially the process of nuclear power generation used in pretty much every nuclear power plant on earth.
Optional steps: - Replace all instances of the word "nuclear" with the non-word "nucular".
- Instruct otherwise smart people and world leaders to do the same.
#science
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