A single uranium atom releases two hundred million electron volts when it splits
Nuclear fission operates on a staggering scale of efficiency, where splitting a single uranium atom releases two hundred million electron volts of energy to power our modern world.
The Gori-1 reactor, South Korea's first commercial nuclear plant, pioneered the use of pressurized water technology to harness the power of the atom. By sustaining a controlled chain reaction in enriched Uranium-235, the plant captured the 200 million electron volts released during every single atomic split.
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