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How is nuclear fuel used to generate electricity?

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nuclear reactions produce heat, which is used to create steam, turn turbines, and power generators.

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Instead, they use uranium fuel, consisting of solid ceramic pellets, to produce electricity through a process called fission. Nuclear power plants obtain the heat needed to produce steam through a physical process. This process, called fission, entails the splitting of atoms of uranium in a nuclear reactor.
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