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the radiation in a nuclear power plant doesn’t produce electricity. It heats water into steam which runs a turbine that creates electricity.

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Fun Fact: the radiation in a nuclear power plant doesn’t produce electricity. It heats water into steam which runs a turbine that creates electricity.

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