Nuclear power is produced by harnessing the heat produced by the splitting of atoms inside uranium - a process known as fission.

核能是由原子内的铀发生链式反应而释放的能量——这个过程叫做裂变。

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In operation since the early 1970s, Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant USES six boiling water reactors, which rely on uranium nuclear fission to generate heat.

从19世纪70年代投入运行以来，日本福岛第一核电站利用六个沸水堆，通过铀核裂变来产生热能。

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Nuclear reactors work in a similar way to other power plants, but instead of using coal or gas to generate heat, they use nuclear fission reactions.

核反应堆的工作原理和其他的发电站很相似，不过它们并不是使用煤炭或煤气来生成热量，而是利用核裂变反应。

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Modular nuclear reactors take uranium, or in some cases thorium, and produce steam for turbines via heat generated in fission reactions.

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Thermoelectric coupling uses heat from the decay of a radioactive fuel (as opposed to the full-scale nuclear fission which powers a reactor on Earth) as its energy source.

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