Outline of nuclear power

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to nuclear power:

Nuclear power – the use of sustained nuclear fission to generate heat and electricity. Nuclear power plants provide about 6% of the world's energy and 13–14% of the world's electricity,[1] with the U.S., France, and Japan together accounting for about 50% of nuclear generated electricity.[2]

What type of thing is nuclear power?

Nuclear power can be described as all of the following:

  • Nuclear technology (outline) – technology that involves the reactions of atomic nuclei. Among the notable nuclear technologies are nuclear power, nuclear medicine, and nuclear weapons. It has found applications from smoke detectors to nuclear reactors, and from gun sights to nuclear weapons.
  • Electricity generation – the process of generating electric energy from other forms of energy. The fundamental principles of electricity generation were discovered during the 1820s and early 1830s by the British scientist Michael Faraday. His basic method is still used today: electricity is generated by the movement of a loop of wire, or disc of copper between the poles of a magnet.[3]

Science of nuclear power

Nuclear material

Nuclear material

Nuclear reactor technology

Dangers of nuclear power

Notable accidents

History of nuclear power

History of nuclear power

Nuclear power industry

Uranium mining

Uranium processing

Nuclear power plants

Specific nuclear power plants

Nuclear waste

Nuclear power by region

Nuclear power companies

Nuclear safety

Nuclear power in space

Politics of nuclear power

Politics of nuclear power by region

Nuclear regulatory agencies

Nuclear power organizations
See also Nuclear regulatory agencies, above

Against
Main article: List of anti-nuclear power groups

Supportive

Nuclear power groups

Nuclear power publications
See also: List of books about nuclear issues and List of films about nuclear issues

Persons influential in nuclear power

See also

References
  1. World Nuclear Association. Another drop in nuclear generation Archived 7 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine World Nuclear News, 5 May 2010.
  2. "Key World Energy Statistics 2007" (PDF). International Energy Agency. 2007. Retrieved 21 June 2008. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. 'The Institution of Engineering & Technology: Michael Faraday'
  4. "About Friends of the Earth International". Friends of the Earth International. Archived from the original on 4 May 2009. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
  5. "United Nations, Department of Public Information, Non-Governmental Organizations". Un.org. 23 February 2006. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
  6. Background - January 7, 2010 (7 January 2010). "Greenpeace International: Greenpeace worldwide". Greenpeace.org. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
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