Nuclear energy may refer to:
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Nuclear power
Nuclear power is the use of nuclear reactions to produce electricity. Nuclear power can be obtained from nuclear fission, nuclear decay and nuclear fusion reactions. Presently, the vast majority of electricity from nuclear power is produced by ...
, the use of sustained nuclear fission or nuclear fusion to generate heat and electricity
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Nuclear binding energy
Nuclear binding energy in experimental physics is the minimum energy that is required to disassemble the nucleus of an atom into its constituent protons and neutrons, known collectively as nucleons. The binding energy for stable nuclei is alwa ...
, the energy needed to fuse or split a nucleus of an atom
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Nuclear potential energy
In physics, potential energy is the energy of an object or system due to the body's position relative to other objects, or the configuration of its particles. The energy is equal to the work done against any restoring forces, such as gravity ...
, the potential energy of the particles inside an atomic nucleus
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''Nuclear Energy'' (sculpture), a bronze sculpture by Henry Moore in the University of Chicago
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