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Nuclear power plant

Nuclear power plant in Cattenom, France.

In a nuclear power plant uranium atoms are split which releases huge amounts of energy in form of heat and radiation. This is a non-renewable method of electricity generation.

Rights: Stefan Kühn, CC BY-SA 3
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