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- - - - However, the byproduct of nuclear energy is radioactive material. Radioactive material is a collection of unstable atomic nuclei. These nuclei lose their energy and can affect many materials around them, including organisms and the environment
      - Electricity produced by nuclear fission — splitting the atom — is one of the greatest uses of radiation. ... As a result, we use about one-third of our energy resources to produce electricity. Electricity can be produced in many ways — using generators powered by the sun, wind, water, coal, oil, gas, or nuclear fission.
      - In the United States, about 100 nuclear reactors produce 20 percent of our electricity needs. Both of these types of reactors use radioactivity to heat water that will generate steam to turn a turbine that runs a generator, sending the electricity out to the public.