May 19, 2025 · Nuclear reactors are the heart of a nuclear power plant. They contain and control nuclear chain reactions that produce heat through a physical process called fission.

Just as conventional thermal power stations generate electricity by harnessing the thermal energy released from burning fossil fuels, nuclear reactors convert the energy released by controlled …

A nuclear reactor is driven by the splitting of atoms, a process called fission, where a particle (a ‘neutron’) is fired at an atom, which then fissions into two smaller atoms and some additional …

Transcript Nuclear power is one of the ways humans produce electricity. The term nuclear power refers to the source of this energy--the nucleus of atoms! Here's how it works. Inside a nuclear …

Nov 11, 2025 · How does a nuclear power plant work? Inside nuclear power plants, nuclear reactors and their equipment contain and control the chain reactions, most commonly fuelled …

How does a reactor work? Before uranium can be used in a reactor, it must undergo four steps: mining and milling, conversion, enrichment, and fuel fabrication. (Dom Smith/EcoFlight) …

Nuclear reactors split atoms of uranium, a mildly radioactive element, to form heat. This process releases heat and neutrons. Some of these neutrons go on to collide with other uranium …

Mar 16, 2025 · An easy-to-understand introduction to what happens inside a nuclear power plant, with photos and diagrams showing how everything works!

Coal, natural gas, oil and nuclear energy use their fuel to turn water into steam and use that steam to turn the turbine. Nuclear plants are different because they do not burn anything to …

Nuclear reactors produce heat by splitting atoms. This heat converts water into steam, which in turn turns a turbine that spins a magnet, causing electricity to flow to the grid.