不久以前,全世界傳遍了蘇聯第一個原子能工業電力站開始發電的消息。這個電力站不燒煤或者其他燃料,而是利用鈾原子核分裂時放出的熱能来獲得電能。在這裏把熱能變爲電能用的仍是普通的方法。但是有另一些把原子能變爲電能的方法,可以無须經過把原子能變爲熱能的中間步骤。在這方面的工作還 Not long ago, the world spread the news that the first nuclear power station in the Soviet Union began to generate electricity. Instead of burning coal or other fuels, this power station uses the heat energy released when the uranium nuclei split to obtain electricity. It is still an ordinary method to convert heat energy into electrical energy here. But there are other ways to convert atomic energy into electricity without going through the intermediate steps of turning atomic energy into heat energy. Work in this area also