Editing Electricity generation (section)

=== Nuclear===
[[Nuclear power plant]]s create electricity through steam turbines where the heat input is from the process of [[nuclear fission]]. Currently, nuclear power produces 11% of all electricity in the world. Most nuclear reactors use [[uranium]] as a source of fuel. In a process called [[nuclear fission]], energy, in the form of heat, is released when nuclear atoms are split. Electricity is created through the use of a nuclear reactor where heat produced by nuclear fission is used to produce steam which in turn spins turbines and powers the generators. Although there are several types of nuclear reactors, all fundamentally use this process.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://energyeducation.ca/encyclopedia/Nuclear_power|title=Nuclear power |website=Energy Education|language=en|access-date=2019-06-08 |archive-date=2019-06-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608042827/https://energyeducation.ca/encyclopedia/Nuclear_power|url-status=live}}</ref>

Normal emissions due to nuclear power plants are primarily waste heat and radioactive spent fuel. In a reactor accident, significant amounts of radioisotopes can be released to the environment, posing a long term hazard to life. This hazard has been a continuing concern of environmentalists.  Accidents such as the [[Three Mile Island accident]], [[Chernobyl disaster]] and the [[Fukushima nuclear disaster]] illustrate this problem.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/index.php?page=nuclear_environment|title=Nuclear Power and the Environment – Energy Explained |website=Energy Information Administration |access-date=2019-06-08 |archive-date=2019-05-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527024111/https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/index.php?page=nuclear_environment|url-status=live}}</ref>