Discuss “How Things Work: Nuclear Power Reactor”

Have you ever wondered how we get our energy? Energy today seems to dictate our lives; virtually everything we count on to live is fueled by energy in the form of electricity. Think about it: our light bulbs, our refrigerators, our heating, our televisions and laptops. So how is this energy being produced? Where does it come from?

There are many methods of producing power to fuel our society?s wants, including hydrogen, biomass energy, wind, solar energy, and of course, coal and natural gases. But nothing beats a nuclear power plant in terms of the enormous amount of energy it produces with the small amount of fuel needed: One half-inch uranium pellet used as fuel in a nuclear power plant is equivalent to one ton of coal, two tons of wood,...