How exactly does nuclear power plants work? How are they able to generate electricity using radioactive things?
In: Physics
* Most electricity is made by turning a thing that has magnets.
* Most of those magnet machines are turned by forcing steam through a thing.
* Most of that steam is made by burning something.
* However, putting enough of certain radioactive elements together allows them to smash apart which releases a lot of heat.
* So nuclear plants use that instead of burning something.
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