What are the characteristics of nuclear energy?

The characteristic of nuclear energy is the energy released from the nucleus through nuclear reaction.

Nuclear energy, commonly known as atomic energy, is the energy released by the redistribution and combination of neutrons or protons in the nucleus. Nuclear energy is divided into two categories: one is called fission energy and the other is called fusion energy.

Nuclear energy has great power. The energy released by nuclear fission of 1 kg uranium is about equal to the chemical energy released by burning 2700 tons of standard coal.

Extended data:

Everything in the world is made up of a positively charged nucleus and negatively charged electrons revolving around the nucleus. Nuclei include protons and neutrons. The number of protons determines which element the atom belongs to, and the mass of the atom is equal to the sum of the number of protons and the number of neutrons. For example, the uranium -235 atom consists of a nucleus (composed of 92 protons and 143 neutrons) and 92 electrons.

If the atom is regarded as the earth where we live, then the nucleus is equivalent to the size of a ping-pong ball. Although the nucleus is small, it can release amazing energy under certain conditions.