Question

what is the difference between nuclear energy and light energy?

Answer 1

"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," and photons _are_ energy. Light _is_ energy. The amount of energy in each photon depends only on its wavelength as described by the Planck-Einstein equation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck_cons …

"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.
Source(s):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binding_ene …

Answer 2

light energy is the energy carried by the light rays.actually the rays are composed of photons which carry packets of energy called quanta.

nuclear energy is the energy released when 2 nuclei combine(fusion) and when a nucleus splits into 2.(fission).