Question by Audrey: Is nuclear fusion used in nuclear power plants to produce energy, or just nuclear fission?
I read that nuclear fission is used to split atoms and produce heat for nuclear power plants, but what does nuclear fusion do then? Does it have anything to do with that?
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Answer by Kes
Nuclear energy can be obtained either by splitting heavy atoms such as uranium (fission) or by joining light atoms such as hydrogen to form helium (fusion). Presently, all operating nuclear power plants use fission. Plants that use fusion are under development but none create more energy output than must be supplied to run the experimental plants.
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