NSW Government Education Sites2See

Nuclear reactor basics

NASA false color image of the sun observed in the extreme ultraviolet region of the spectrum. No copyright.1

The Sun produces light and heat through nuclear reactions2. NASA1 false color image of the sun observed in the extreme ultraviolet region of the spectrum.

Education

The site Energy Kids from the US Energy Information Administration has Uranium (nuclear) Basics3.

The Nuclear Energy Institute (pro-nuclear energy organisation) has resources for understanding nuclear power4, including animations on how boiling water and pressurised water reactors work as well as an overview of the principles involved in nuclear fission.

SaveOnEnergy (an American energy retailer), has these excellent animations5 illustrating nuclear fission and another view of a pressurised water reactor.

The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation has the site Nuclear Files6, with materials on the basics, issues and history of nuclear energy.

Information

The International Atomic Energy Agency7 (IAEA) is the world's center of cooperation in the nuclear field. It was set up in 1957 as the world's ‘Atoms for Peace’ organisation within the United Nations family. It works worldwide to promote safe, secure and peaceful nuclear technologies.

Links

  1. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Sun_by_the_Atmospheric_Imaging_Assembly_of_NASA's_Solar_Dynamics_Observatory_-_20100819.jpg
  2. http://library.thinkquest.org/C001124/gather/ssun.html
  3. http://www.eia.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=nuclear_home-basics
  4. https://www.nei.org/fundamentals/how-a-nuclear-reactor-works
  5. https://www.saveonenergy.com/how-nuclear-power-works/
  6. http://www.nuclearfiles.org/menu/key-issues/nuclear-energy/
  7. http://www.iaea.org/