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The National Academies: Our Energy Sources: Nuclear Energy HandoutThe National Academies: Our Energy Sources: Nuclear Energy Handout
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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9th - 10th
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Science
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1410L
Handout

The National Academies: Our Energy Sources: Nuclear Energy

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Nuclear fission energy accounts for a large portion of energy production worldwide. New plants will use improved technologies. There is also research underway to explore how to harness the energy produced from nuclear fusion, but this technology will not be available on the market for many years.

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nuclear energy, nuclear power

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

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