Informative Speech: Nuclear Energy
Purpose: The purpose of this speech is to inform others about the production, utilizations and impacts of nuclear energy.
I. INTRODUCTION
A. Attention Getter: When most people think of nuclear energy, the first thing that comes to their minds is a devastating bomb explosion or a nuclear power plant meltdown. But, in reality, nuclear energy is a sustainable energy source that has an enormous variety of uses.

B. Thesis: The uses of nuclear energy range from being a clean, renewable energy source to cutting edge medical procedures.

C. Credibility: The world's first exposure to nuclear energy came with the detonation of two atomic bombs in Japan in 1945. Scientists perceived a positive aspect of these terrible events; they hoped that the power of nuclear energy could be harnessed for human good. Those hopes have been recognized, but to only a small extent. Starting in the 1970s, opposition to nuclear power rose.

D. Preview: I will be talking about only a fraction of the production, applications and effects /rewards of nuclear energy. Including:
i. What nuclear energy is and how nuclear energy is made. ii. Uses of nuclear energy. iii. Advantages and disadvantages of nuclear energy.
Transition: First, Let’s explore what nuclear energy is and how it is made.
BODY
First Main Point
II. Nuclear energy is any method of doing work that makes use of nuclear fission or nuclear fusion reactions. The term refers to both the uncontrolled release of nuclear energy, as in atomic weapons, and to the controlled release of energy, as in nuclear power plants.
A. Nuclear fission
i. Nuclear fission, occurs when an atom splits in two, releasing a massive amount of energy and several subatomic particles called neutrons. These neutrons hit and split other atoms, beginning and sustaining the chain reaction.
B. Nuclear fusion
i.