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nuclear power

Also known as nuclear energy, atomic energy, atomic power

power generated from nuclear reactions

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Nuclear power is electricity created by splitting atoms in a controlled reaction that releases enormous amounts of heat and energy. It matters because it can generate large amounts of electricity without producing greenhouse gas emissions, making it a significant option in discussions about clean energy sources.

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Liquid metals power advanced nuclear energy systems.ReviewInnovation (Cambridge (Mass.)) · 2025Zhang L, Deng C, Ji X et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2025.100959
The science of teamwork: Progress, reflections, and the road ahead.ReviewThe American psychologist · 2018Salas E, Reyes DL, McDaniel SHDOI: 10.1037/amp0000334
Comprehensive Health Risk Management after the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Accident.ReviewClinical oncology (Royal College of Radiologists (Great Britain)) · 2016Yamashita S, Radiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management SurveyDOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2016.01.001
Overview of Recovery and Community-based Resilience in Fukushima from 2011 to 2023 After the Nuclear Power Plant Accident: Focusing on the Projects of Community-based Resilience.ReviewDisaster medicine and public health preparedness · 2025Kobashi Y, Hasegawa A, Yamashita SDOI: 10.1017/dmp.2025.24
From Devastation to Recovery and Revival in the Aftermath of Fukushima's Nuclear Power Plants Accident.ReviewAsia-Pacific journal of public health · 2017Ohto H, Yasumura S, Maeda M et al.DOI: 10.1177/1010539516675700
Nuclear-powered pacemakers.British medical journal · 1976
Awareness of disaster preparedness between administrative staff and residents in the vicinity of the Genkai and Ikata nuclear power plants following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster.Journal of radiological protection : official journal of the Society for Radiological Protection · 2024Yamamoto C, Sawano T, Eguchi Y et al.DOI: 10.1088/1361-6498/ad4904
US nuclear power: The vanishing low-carbon wedge.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2018Morgan MG, Abdulla A, Ford MJ et al.DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1804655115

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Nuclear power is the use of nuclear reactions to produce electricity. Nuclear power can be obtained from nuclear fission, nuclear decay and nuclear fusion reactions. Presently, the vast majority of electricity from nuclear power is produced by nuclear fission of uranium and plutonium in nuclear power plants. Nuclear decay processes are used in niche applications such as radioisotope thermoelectric generators in some space probes such as Voyager 2. Reactors producing controlled fusion power have been operated since 1958 but have yet to generate net power and are not expected to be commercially available in the near future.