Article 3 “Nuclear Power Today” 

 

Citation: World Nuclear . (2022, July). Javascript required! Nuclear Power Today | Nuclear Energy – World Nuclear Association. Retrieved August 3, 2022, from https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/current-and-future-generation/nuclear-power-in-the-world-today.aspx 

 

Summary: 

 

This article begins by describing the nuclear fission process and the history of Nuclear Reactors first being used to produce waste for use in atomic and nuclear warheads, then transitioning into industrial uses in the 1960s in both the Western World and the Eastern Bloc. It then describes how now with the end of the Cold War and Globalization it has resulted in the process of getting enriched uranium has made it that most countries source different parts of the product globally, from South Korea to Australia. It then goes on to describe the percentages in energy gained in countries containing nuclear reactors. 

 

Relevance: 

 

This article is relevant to Environmental Science as it shows the power distribution across nations with how many nuclear power plants each nation has along with the percentage of its overall energy production and reliance on nuclear energy. It then talks about other reactors, such as those that produce nuclear isotopes used in the medical industry, as well as nuclear powered aircraft carriers, submarines, and icebreakers.