
William Martin
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Professor of nuclear engineering and radiological sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
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Nuclear power, electricity generated by power plants that derive their heat from fission in a nuclear reactor. Except for the reactor, which plays the role of a boiler in a fossil-fuel power plant, a nuclear power plant is similar to a large coal-fired power plant, with pumps, valves, steam…
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