How does a nuclear reactor work?

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I was watching the HBO series Chernobyl and in the second episode, Professor Legasov explains the working of a nuclear reactor. Unfortunately the explanation wasn’t enough. Enlighten me.

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When Uranium decays and atoms split, it releases heat which is used to boil water and rotate a turbine with the steam that is generated.

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