Nuclear reactions in a reactor produce a lot of thermal energy. That energy then flows and warms up water, which boils and produces steam. The steam then turns turbines that generate electricity.

The reactor’s nuclear reactions produce thermal energy, which transfers to the water and warms it until it boils. Therefore, heat flows from the reactor to the water. Electricity is generated later when steam turns the turbines; it is not the form in which heat flows.

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