Nuclear Energy

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT NUCLEAR REACTORS Just one uranium fuel pellet - roughly the size of the tip of an adult's little finger - contains the same amount of Nuclear energy is being OR used in more than 30 countries around the energy as 17,000 cubic feet of natural gas, 1,780 pounds of coal or 149 gallons of oil world, and even powers Mars rovers A typical nuclear plant can generate enough electricity to power 690,000 houses without 13 percent of the world's electricity comes from nuclear power plants that emit little to no greenhouse gases creating air emissions A typical nuclear reactor works 24/7 at a A typical nuclear reactor on an average refules 1/3rd of fuel 12 11 1 90% average 10 FUEL capacity factor every 18th month THE LARGEST PRODUCERS OF NUCLEAR POWER ARE THE US, FRANCE AND JAPAN.