Nuclear Energy

Currently, there are only few types of producing Nuclear Energy, commonly these are through the release process by Nuclear Fission or Nuclear Fusion or Radioactive Decay.

Nuclear Fission is the process where Neutrons is struck into the nucleus of uranium (235U) atoms in a nuclear reactor, which atom splits and releases a chain reaction energy in the form of heat that turns water into steam, which drive turbine to spin a generator and produce electricity. A typical main parts of nuclear reactor has the "core" where the nuclear reactions take place, the fuel rods and assemblies, the control rods, the moderator, and the coolant. Uranium (238U) ore absorbs the neutron into its nucleus and is not a fissile isotope of Uranium, so a technique is used to combine it with flourine called a Gaseous Diffusion to extract an enriched supply of Nuclear fuel. Plutonium is mostly a byproduct of nuclear fission in reactors where some of the neutrons released by the fission process convert uranium-238 nuclei into plutonium.

Nuclear Fusion is the process used by the sun and active stars to produce its energy by which two or more atomic nuclei join together through intense pressure and new single heavier nucleus than the originals is formed. The most common type achievable on earth is the fusion of two hydrogen isotopes of Deuterium (2H) and Tritium (3H), where each nucleus is fused to form an Alpha particle (4He nucleus) and a neutron. This process also sets off a chain reaction, which is difficult to control by man and is not yet commercially used as a means of producing electricity due to the extreme health, safety and environment requirements for continuous reactions and plasma containment. Its primary use is still only in the production of nuclear weapons.

Radioactive decay is the spontaneous and irreversible transformation processes by which an atomic nucleus of an unstable atom loses energy by emitting ionizing radiation or particles, this can be done by changing the number of protons in the nucleus. The three types of radioactive decay are the Alpha Radiation, Beta Radiation and Gamma radiation. Radioactive Decay is used in Nuclear Power plants where decay created from fission is in used for heat generation during reactor shut down, Age Dating in geology, Radioactive Tracers in imaging systems, Cancer Treatment, Sterilizing, Detectors, and Genetic Studies.

There are may be very efficient nuclear energy sources of the future such as frozen Deuterium in laser driven nuclear fusion and Antimatter that are still at the development steps on the road to commercial use.

We have access to so much bulk information from the internet but it is increasingly misconstrued upon looking beyond files of information that may keep you away from seeing certain points. An experimental social search network has been provided by Microsoft Research Fuse Labs named SOCL and was tested by roysplanner to demonstrate the effect of a fragmented process opinion on an extremely scientific and most controversial energy source such as Nuclear Fission. A network follower had posted corrective comments on the original message which leads the viewers to a deeper correlated fact; that someone may think that the process of Nuclear Fission and Fusion are the same, although they are not.

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