Nuclear power is a way of generating energy to provide electricity for things like people's homes. Because the process doesn't need fossil fuels such coal, oil or gas, it doesn't release harmful ...

The World Nuclear Association estimates that the electricity industry would add 2.6 billion tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere each year if it used coal power instead of nuclear.

The government has announced the biggest nuclear programme in a generation, which includes £14.2bn to build the Sizewell C nuclear power station in Suffolk. It has also confirmed that Rolls Royce ...

Nuclear reactors undergo a surprisingly simple process to generate power. In fact, it's quite similar to the process for coal-driven plants: Water is heated to make steam, and the steam drives a ...

The Fukushima nuclear reactor accident in March 2011 challenged the public’s perception of nuclear power. However, much of this disillusionment simply stems from a lack of understanding of how a ...

Nuclear power is currently the only zero-carbon source of mass power. How does it work? By Graham Templeton November 9, 2015 ...

CALIFORNIA, Calif. (KTXL) — On Sept. 2 Gov. Gavin Newsom extended the operation of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant with opposition and support from across the state, but what is a nucle… ...

A view of Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant, in Leningrad, Russia on September 14, 2022. Sezgin Pancar/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images But so far, nuclear fusion hasn't solved our energy problems on a ...

Researchers for decades have attempted to recreate nuclear fusion – replicating the energy that powers the sun. Here’s what you need to know about this new form of nuclear energy that could ...

Nuclear power plants use fission, not fusion. Fission releases energy when a large uranium nucleus splits into two radioactive fragments, which carry the energy as they fly apart.