Nuclear energy vs. Renewable Energy

Patrick M, Damon H.,.Renewable and Sustainable Energy (2nd ed.). New York: Springer-Verlag. 2011, pp. 244-52

Nuclear energy, also known as atomic energy, occurs with the splitting of a specific atom. The sustained process is known as nuclear fission; heat released from the substance is harnessed to produce steam in commercial nuclear reactors. Through a series of progressions, the work of the steam becomes electricity. The atom used in commercial nuclear power plants is uranium. This ore is crushed and leached with acid to obtain a concentrated amount of uranium oxide known as yellowcake. In nature, this isotope of ...