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Outline of nuclear power

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to nuclear power:

Nuclear power – the use of sustained nuclear fission to generate heat and electricity. Nuclear power plants provide about 6% of the world's energy and 13–14% of the world's electricity,[1] with the U.S., France, and Japan together accounting for about 50% of nuclear generated electricity.[2]

What type of thing is nuclear power? edit

Nuclear power can be described as all of the following:

  • Nuclear technology (outline) – technology that involves the reactions of atomic nuclei. Among the notable nuclear technologies are nuclear power, nuclear medicine, and nuclear weapons. It has found applications from smoke detectors to nuclear reactors, and from gun sights to nuclear weapons.
  • Electricity generation – the process of generating electric energy from other forms of energy. The fundamental principles of electricity generation were discovered during the 1820s and early 1830s by the British scientist Michael Faraday. His basic method is still used today: electricity is generated by the movement of a loop of wire, or disc of copper between the poles of a magnet.[3]

Science of nuclear power edit

Nuclear material edit

Nuclear material

Nuclear reactor technology edit

Dangers of nuclear power edit

Notable accidents edit

History of nuclear power edit

History of nuclear power

Nuclear power industry edit

Uranium mining edit

Uranium processing edit

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Specific nuclear power plants edit

Nuclear waste edit

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Nuclear power companies edit

Nuclear safety edit

Nuclear power in space edit

Politics of nuclear power edit

Politics of nuclear power by region edit

Nuclear regulatory agencies edit

Nuclear power organizations edit

See also Nuclear regulatory agencies, above

Against edit

Main article: List of anti-nuclear power groups

Supportive edit

Nuclear power groups

Nuclear power publications edit

See also: List of books about nuclear issues and List of films about nuclear issues

Persons influential in nuclear power edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ World Nuclear Association. Another drop in nuclear generation Archived 7 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine World Nuclear News, 5 May 2010.
  2. ^ "Key World Energy Statistics 2007" (PDF). International Energy Agency. 2007. Retrieved 21 June 2008. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ 'The Institution of Engineering & Technology: Michael Faraday'
  4. ^ "About Friends of the Earth International". Friends of the Earth International. Archived from the original on 4 May 2009. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
  5. ^ "United Nations, Department of Public Information, Non-Governmental Organizations". United Nations. 23 February 2006. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
  6. ^ Background – 7 January 2010 (7 January 2010). "Greenpeace International: Greenpeace worldwide". Greenpeace.org. Retrieved 24 August 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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