Question

describe the difference between nuclear energy and light energy

Answer 1

I guess the difference has to do with the force carriers: What you call nucelar energy is the one related to the 'strong force' and the gluons carriers. The one you call light energy is the one related to 'electromagnetism force' and the photons carriers.

Answer 2

Light or visible light is electromagnetic radiation that is visible to the human eye, and is responsible for the sense of sight. Light energy isn't something that you hear people say all that often, especially not scientists. Light is understood to be made of particles called "photons,".The amount of energy in each photon depends only on its wavelength as described by the Planck-Einstein equation.

Nuclear energy is heard more often, but it's still a colloquial term, rather than a scientific term. In every day use, nuclear energy refers to the business of building and operating nuclear power stations. The actual source of energy in a nuclear power station is the "binding energy" of atomic nucleii. Nuclear power is the use of sustained nuclear fission to generate heat and electricity.