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1. One train car of nuclear fuel can keep a power plant going for 1 year. It takes a whole train load of coal every day to keep a coal plant producing. 2. The real horror of nuclear power may come m... any years from now in the form of nuclear waste. 3. After what war did nuclear become seen as the future of energy? WWII 4. Three Mile Island and Chernobyl were 2 sites of nuclear accidents. 5. How many nuclear power plants are there in the US? 103 power plants 6. What is it called when an atom splits into smaller fragments? Nuclear fission 7. What subatomic particle is released during a nuclear chain reaction that continues the reaction? Neutrons 8. In 60 years enough nuclear waste is made in 1 power plant to fit in a convenience store. 9. Nuclear waste is dangerous but it is contained in a [Show More]

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