Michael+R

=Nuclear Energy=

What is Nuclear Energy?
====Nuclear energy is when atoms are splitting which create energy. There are two types of nuclear energy, nuclear decay and nuclear fission. The atoms split and create heat which turns a turbine and generator which creates electricity. There are over 437 operational power plants world wide and 140 vessels that use nuclear energy instead of gas. Nuclear energy is a low carbon emitting energy.====

What is One Way That Nuclear Energy is Used?
====A useful way that nuclear energy is used is by a nuclear power plant. There are two types of nuclear power plants and Boiling Water Reactor(BWR) and a Pressurized Water Reactor(PWR) but they both work the same except for that BWR uses fission energy to boil it but PWR uses pressurized water so it doesn't boil. A nuclear power plant works by heating up water just like a normal power plant but by using splitting atoms. When the water is heated up it turns into steam and turns a turbine. The turbine then powers the generator which makes electricity and then it is used to power lights, appliances, and electronics. The only downside to Nuclear power plants is the harmful radiation that can cause severe damage if the Nuclear power plant had a melt down.====

Forms of Nuclear Energy
nuclear power plant

nuclear bomb

Summary of Experiment of Nuclear Energy
The experiment that I chose was the nuclear sprinthariscope. The purpose of this experiment was to see what happens when different atoms collide together when they decay. The method used was that the person had to sit in a completely dark room for 10-15 minutes for their eyes to adjust from there cones to the rods. The eye has two parts of it to see in light and in dark, the cone which is what you use in the day time or in the light and the rods which you use at night or in darkness. The results of this experiment were that inside the sprinthariscope there were little flashes of light. The flashes of light were white and pretty small. The flashes of light only appeared for a few seconds and then they came again. At first it looked like a big wave of them and then later it looked like a big circle of tiny colliding atoms.