How does nuclear energy create electricity?
The nuclear fuel (usually Uranium-235,Polonium) is bombarded with neutrons which cause the splitting of the Uranium atoms into smaller atoms like Krypton and Barium or any other such combinations of smaller atoms with mass numbers between 90-140 (i.e with total number of protons and neutrons between 90-140) This splitting is accompanied by the conversion of a definite amount of “MATTER” into “ENERGY” in accordance with Einstein’s Mass energy relation “E=mc2”. A coolant like water (or liquid sodium) is used to remove the heat. The coolant in turn gets heated up and turns to steam. This steam is used to turn turbines. The turbines contain coils which rotate in presence of a very strong Magnetic field. This generates electric power.
