Give one word for the energy released due to splitting of uranium nuclei in a nuclear reactor.

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Nuclear energy
Nuclear energy is the energy released during nuclear reactions like nuclear fission or nuclear fusion.
Nuclear fission is a reaction in which the nucleus of an atom splits into two or smaller nuclei.
The fission process often produces gamma photons and releases a very large amount of energy even by the energetic standards of radioactive decay.

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