Nuclear energy may refer to:
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Nuclear power
Nuclear power is the use of nuclear reactions to produce electricity. Nuclear power can be obtained from nuclear fission, nuclear decay and nuclear fusion reactions. Presently, the vast majority of electricity from nuclear power is produced ...
, the use of sustained
nuclear fission or
nuclear fusion
Nuclear fusion is a reaction in which two or more atomic nuclei are combined to form one or more different atomic nuclei and subatomic particles ( neutrons or protons). The difference in mass between the reactants and products is manife ...
to generate heat and electricity
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Nuclear binding energy, the energy needed to fuse or split a nucleus of an atom
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Nuclear potential energy
In physics, potential energy is the energy held by an object because of its position relative to other objects, stresses within itself, its electric charge, or other factors.
Common types of potential energy include the gravitational potentia ...
, the potential energy of the particles inside an atomic nucleus
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''Nuclear Energy'' (sculpture), a bronze sculpture by Henry Moore in the University of Chicago
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