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A process to create electricity, the splitting of uranium atoms to generate heat which produces steam. This is used by a turbine generator to generate electricity.

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Nuclear Power Plants generate around 20% of US energy

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Electricity generated by nuclear energy is not as susceptible to fluctuations in prices.

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Nuclear Energy and producing it has no significant environmental impact

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Every year and a half to two years, every nuclear plant goes through a cleaning cycle that shuts down the plant to allow for the removal of radioactive waste.

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Worldwide, there are over 400 commercial nuclear reactors producing energy for 31 countries.

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In Mecklenburg County, there is a nuclear energy plant called McGuire Nuclear Station on Lake Norman (pictured above).