Nuclear Fuel Processes. Nuclear power plants do not burn any fuel. Instead, they use uranium fuel, consisting of solid ceramic pellets, to produce electricity through a process called fission. Watch our interactive graphic on how nuclear fuel is produced, used and stored.
Taking money from your pension. Whether you have a defined benefit or defined contribution pension scheme, you can normally start taking money from the age of 55.You could use this to help top up your salary if you are still working, to enable you to work fewer hours or to retire early.here are also some circumstances when you may be able to take money from your pension even earlier than 55, such as if youâre in poor health or in a profession where retirement is lower than normal, for example a professional athlete or if you have a protected pension age lower than 55.
The earliest date you can take your pension is aged 55. A male with a fund worth around Â£100,000 at age 55 would receive a pension of around Â£5,352 a year for the rest of his life.If he lives to 85, the total paid out would be Â£160,560 gross. The pension is subject to tax.ven if you lived to be 100, you would still benefit by taking your pension sooner rather than later. In either case the pension saver can take 25% of their fund as an initial lump sum free of tax, but the pensions paid would reduce by 25%.