Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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A conventional cargo ship burns fuel to turn its propeller, while a nuclear-powered ship uses reactor heat to make steam and drive a turbine. The result is still rotation delivered through the shaft to the propeller.

Inside the reactor, uranium fuel undergoes fission when neutrons split uranium-235 atoms. The energy released by those reactions becomes heat, replacing the fire normally used in a boiler.

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