A++Nuclear+Reactor

= __Isotope and Radioactivity__ = = = =Name of radioactive isotope/electromagnetic radiation/scientist:= = = __**Nuclear Reactors**__ = = = Explanation of interesting facts: (how used/works.experiments/discoveries) = 5. Nuclar power plant typically employ just under a thousand people per reactor (including sercurity guards and engineers associsated with the plant but possibly working elsewhere). = 3 Advantages of using the radioactive isotope/radiation/benefits of discovery =
 * 1) The energy released in the fission process generates heat, some of which can be converted into usable energy. A common method of harnessing this thermal energy is to use it to boil water to produce pressurized steam which will then drive a steam turbine that generates electricity.
 * 2) Generates electricity by harnessing the thermal energy released from burning fossil fuels.
 * 3) The kinetic energy of fission products is converted to thermal energy when the nuclei collide with near by atoms.
 * 4) The power output of the reactor is controlled by how many neutrons are able o create more fissions.

1.Nuclear fusion reactions are widely believed to be safer than fission and appear potentially viable, though technically quite difficult. 2.Both fission and fusion appear promising for some space propulsion applications in the mid- to distant-future, using low thrust for long durations to achieve high mission velocities

3.As of 2005 nuclear power provided 2.1% of the worlds energy and 15% of the worlds electricity. US,France,and Japan accounted for 56.5% Of nuclear generated electricity. = Is the radioactive isotope/radiation/discovery still used today? Explain = =Y**es, it is still used today for generating power around the globe. It is a good way of producing power through the use of pressurized steam to propel turbines creating electrical energy.**=

= References =
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power


 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_reactor_technology


 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nuclear_fission.svg

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