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Parent topics

• Nuclear power [r]: The energy produced from controlled (non-explosive) nuclear reactions. Commercial nuclear power plants currently use the heat energy derived from nuclear fission reactions to generate steam, which in turn is used to generate electricity or other energy. ^[e]
• Fission [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Radioactivity [r]: The property of the unstable nuclei of chemical elements to decay into another isotope, emitting energy or particles ^[e]
• Steam generator [r]: A device that uses a heat source to boil liquid water and convert it into its vapor phase, referred to as steam. ^[e]

Other related topics

• Boiling Water Reactor [r]: (BWR) A type of nuclear power reactor in which the heat of the reactor is applied directly to the water that becomes steam and spins the turbine; the water, and eventually the turbine, becomes radioactive ^[e]
• Nuclear power plant steam generation