What are 5 examples of nuclear energy?

Answer 1

Nuclear Energy divides into Nuclear Fission as exemplified by the Atomic Bomb and our nuclear power reactors and Nuclear Fusion as exemplified by our Sun, all of the stars in our universe, and the hydrogen bomb. Fusion combines lighter nuclides into heavier nuclides, such as hydrogen to helium, losing some mass and releasing some energy as part of the fusion.

Stars fuse hydrogen to helium. Heavy stars move to fusing helium to carbon, then carbon to neon, neon to oxygen, oxygen to silicon, and finally silicon to iron 56. Iron 56 is the end of the line. All available fusion energy has been wrung out.

The alternate to fusion is nuclear fission, which splits heavier nuclides into lighter daughters, losing some mass and gaining some energy as part of the fission. For example uranium 235 can absorb a stray neutron and become uranium 236 which then fissions into daughter nuclides plus two stray neutrons. The stray neutrons released by the fission can excite other U235 atoms, thus the chain reaction. Some mass is lost and energy is released.

Also, radioactives such as iodine 131 are manufactured and used in medical diagnostics such as renal testing and thyroid uptake testing.

Answer 2

1. Nuclear power plants use fission reactions to generate electricity.
2. Nuclear weapons utilize nuclear reactions to release explosive energy.
3. Radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) use the heat produced by radioactive decay for power in space missions.
4. Nuclear-powered submarines and aircraft carriers use nuclear reactors to propel the vessel.
5. Nuclear medicine employs radioisotopes for diagnostic imaging and cancer treatments.