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.
Of course, you can delay collecting from your 401k beyond age 59, but most plans require that you begin receiving distributions by age 70 and a half if you continue working beyond normal retirement age.f you retire early, you may begin collecting Social Security benefits at age 62. However, these payments will be less than if you waited to claim your benefits at full retirement age. Full retirement is age 65 for workers born in 1937 or earlier and rises gradually to 67 for those born in 1960 and later.