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basic physics and offers the prospect of a very large source of electricity that does not release carbon into the atmosphere. The fundamental physics of nuclear fission are straightforward (seeFigure7.2). Figure7.2 Thefundamentalsofnuclear fission(Source:AtomicArchive). Figure 7.1 Nuclear generation by country 2016 (Source: International AtomicEnergyAgency). Water,Energy, andEnvironment–APrimer86