In this episode, Mike and Chris discuss nuclear power. Uranium can be split into lighter elements through a process called fission. When this happens, energy is released, which can be collected and turned into electrical power.

If you find this episode interesting, you may want to listen to Episode XI, which further explains how electrical power is produced. You can find it and all of the back catalog of crisscrossing Science at http://digitalcommons.linfield.edu/crisscross/