Question

In a nuclear power plant, uranium atoms

• A. combine and give off heat energy
• B. split and give off heat energy
• C. burn and give off heat energy
• D. split and give off electrons

Answer 1

The correct option is B split and give off heat energy

A nuclear reactor produces and controls the release of energy from splitting the atoms of Uranium. Nuclear plants do not burn anything to create steam. Instead they split uranium atoms in a process of fission