Nuclear Energy

Nuclear energy usually means the part of the energy of an atomic nucleus, which can be released by fusion or fission or radioactive decay. Nuclear energy may also refer to:

  • Nuclear binding energy, the energy required to split a nucleus of an atom
  • Nuclear Energy (sculpture), a bronze sculpture by Henry Moore in the University of Chicago
  • Nuclear potential energy, the potential energy of the particles inside an atomic nucleus
  • Nuclear power, the use of sustained nuclear fission to generate heat and electricity
  • Nuclear technology, applications of nuclear energy including nuclear power, nuclear medicine, and nuclear weapons

Famous quotes containing the words nuclear and/or energy:

    “You can’t be a Real Country unless you have A BEER and an airline—it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a BEER.”
    —Frank Zappa (1940–1993)

    “Long before Einstein told us that matter is energy, Machiavelli and Hobbes and other modern political philosophers defined man as a lump of matter whose most politically relevant attribute is a form of energy called “self-interestedness.” This was not a portrait of man “warts and all.” It was all wart.”
    —George F. Will (b. 1941)