Powerhouse: Inside a Nuclear Power Plant
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- Synopsis
- You use electricity every day at home and at school, but do you know where it comes from? About twenty percent of our electricity comes from nuclear energy-energy released when the nucleus of an atom splits apart. To find out how power from tiny atoms of uranium turns into the power behind your light switch, step inside a nuclear power plant. In Powerhouse, author Charlotte Wilcox follows the process of creating electricity from nuclear fuel at Prairie Island, a nuclear power plant in Minnesota. Along the way, readers will learn about atoms, radiation, the problem of nuclear waste, and the future of nuclear power. Jerry Boucher's full-color photographs give a behind-the-scenes look at this important and controversial energy source.
- Copyright:
- 1996
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 50 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780876149799
- Publisher:
- N/A
- Date of Addition:
- 03/09/08
- Copyrighted By:
- Charlotte Wilcox
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Technology
- Grade Levels:
- Fourth grade, Fifth grade, Sixth grade, Seventh grade, Eighth grade
- Submitted By:
- Shelley L. Rhodes
- Proofread By:
- 59
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.