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How does nuclear energy work? Explain

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There are many processes to get nuclear energy. Nuclear energy is basically energy from an atom. For example fission is where the nucleus of an atom ( typically radioactive atoms ) gets split then energy is released ( typically heat). And in radioactive decay radiation is released from an radioactive atom. Hope this helps

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In order to solve this problem, we need to start by drawing a diagram of the given situation. (See attached image).

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$\frac{dV}{dt}= \frac{16}{75} \pi (3)h^{2} \frac{dh}{dt}$

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$\frac{dV}{dt}= \frac{16}{25} \pi h^{2} \frac{dh}{dt}$

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Now we can substitute the provided values into our equation. So we get:

$\frac{dh}{dt}= \frac{(8m^{3}/s)(25)}{16 \pi (4m)^{2}}$

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$\frac{dh}{dt}=0.25m/s$

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