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nuclear powerEnergy produced by nuclear fission of heavy atomic nuclei. About one-third of all electric power worldwide now comes from nuclear power plants. The navies of many countries include nuclear-powered warships; almost half of U.S. combat warships are nuclear-powered. Most commercial nuclear reactors are thermal reactors. Two types of light-water reactors in use throughout the world are the boiling-water reactor and the pressurized-water reactor. In the liquid-metal fast-breeder reactor, fuel is utilized 60 times more effectively than in light-water reactors. See also nuclear energy. |
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| The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) was met with opposition by environmental groups for its plan to put a state recreation area on a former nuclear plant site. He outlines the issue of a nuclear plant being the building that houses the spent fuel rods, which are stored in pools of water to prevent the heat from their residual radioactivity from melting them. Sadly, a new nuclear plant in California appears to be out of the question, at least for now. |
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