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Nuclear Energy / Global Use

Nuclear Energy / Global Use. By: Stacy Vang & Skye Robles. Description:. Nuclear energy is used for energy ,commercials and utility plants currently use nuclear fission reactions to heat water to produce steam, which is then used to generate electricity. Why is this important to society?.

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Nuclear Energy / Global Use

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  1. Nuclear Energy / Global Use • By: Stacy Vang & Skye Robles

  2. Description: Nuclear energy is used for energy ,commercials and utility plants currently use nuclear fission reactions to heat water to produce steam, which is then used to generate electricity.

  3. Why is this important to society? 6% of world energy and about 50% of the world electricity.

  4. What ideas or invention Of the scientific revolution Could this be connected To and HOW? In 1932, James Chadwick discovered the neutron, which was immediately recognized as a potential tool for nuclear experimentation. December 2, 1942: The Nuclear Age began at the University of Chicago when Enrico Fermi made a chain reaction in a pint of uranium.

  5. BIBLIOGRAPHY "Nuclear Power." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 11 Apr. 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power>. Nuclear Energy. Web. 7 Apr. 2011. <http://library.thinkquest.org/3471/nuclear_energy.html>.

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