Where is nuclear power from?

Answer 1

Fission of Uranium and plutonium atoms.

Answer 2

Turns out that there is potential energy in the nucleus of atoms (I wil be refering to enriched uranium when i say atom). That release of the potential energy is the source of nuclear power. The potential energy stems from the force that holds the nucleons together (Called binding energy, it is a result of one of the fundamental forces of nature called the strong force) . When the atom breaks apart in nuclear fission you will be left with the pieces of the atom and the left over binding energy. The binding energy will be converted into light and kinetic energy of the atom's parts. The intresting part is that when the atom is intact it has more mass than the sum of the masses of the split up parts. This is a demonstration of Einstein famous E = MC square. Where the mass equivalent of the binding energy can be measured.

Answer 3

In the sun hydrogen is fused into helium. 600.000.000.000 tons of hydrogen is converted into helium each and every second, 595.000.000.000 tons becomes helium, the other 5.000.000.000 tons is converted into pure energy. In one second the sun produces as much as energy as man has used in all of recorded history. E=MC2

Answer 4

strings

everything is energy - as strings intertwine they show activity that we deem as nuclear energy.