What is nuclear energy?

What energy source do nuclear reactors use in order to start the nuclear fission process?

  • So nuclear fission can be used as an energy source by making high energy neutrons collide into uranium I think... then the chain reaction released energy.. but what energy source is ...show more

  • Answer:

    Uranium naturally releases neutrons. You just have to assemble enough of it together to get a reaction. Control rods of various materials are inserted to slow the neutrons to an appropriate rate or partially pulled out to speed up the reaction.

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