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Nuclear Power: Basics An Alternative to Coal?

Nuclear Science

The Nucleus

Isotopes

Radioactivity

Carbon-14 Decay

Half-life Carbon-14  Nitrogen-14 + beta particle

C-14 Dating

Fission

Chain Reaction

Fission releases energy

Fission also Creates Dangerous New Materials

Nuclear Engineering A control room of the third unit of the nuclear power plant in Kozloduy, Bulgaria, is seen on this undated photo from June (AP Photo/Dimitar Deinov)

Nuclear Power

Nuclear Reactors: Boiling Water Reactor (BWR)

Nuclear Reactor Vessel

Nuclear Fuel Assembly

Nuclear Reactors: Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR)

Nuclear Power Plant Efficiency

Nuclear Power in the US

Millstone Power Station

Nuclear Fuel

Uranium Mining

Uranium Isotopes

Enrichment: Gaseous Diffusion US NRC

Enrichment: Gas Centrifuge US NRC

Nuclear Waste & Nuclear Accidents Three Mile Island nuclear power plant is pictured in Jan. 21, This is the site of the 1979 partial core melt. (AP Photo/Tim Shaffer, files)

Accidents: Chernobyl

Waste: Storage Pools The spent fuel rod pool inside the Clinton Nuclear Power Plant in Clinton, Ill., is shown on Tuesday, Nov. 19, The water in the pool acts as a shield against radiation from the used uranium rods. The reactor was shut down due to an equipment malfunction Sept. 5, (AP Photo/Mark Cowan)

Waste: Dry Cask Storage In this photo released by Holtec International, dry cask storage units are seen at the James A. Fitzpatrick nuclear power plant in Scriba, N.Y., in this undated photo. The Vermont Public Service Board approved "dry cask storage," of spent nuclear fuel at Vermont Yankee, lifting the threat that running out of room in its existing spent fuel storage pool would cause the plant to close by 2008.(AP Photo/Holtec International)

Waste: Long-Term Storage NRC

Nuclear Future?

US Nuclear Renaissance Photo from a NRG brochure shows the South Texas Project near Houston.

Nuclear in China Map from Areva brochure.

Nuclear Economics NRC

Nuclear Waste & Safety NRC

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