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How much electrical energy in joules does a nuclear power reactor generate in one day?
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∙ 11y ago
A typical nuclear plant can run continously at 600 MW, which 6 x 108 Joules per second or, per day, 5.184 x 1013 Joules.
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A generator is not required to generate electrical energy when what energy sources is used solar wind nuclear hydroelectric?
Hydro electrical
What is the energy transfer in a nuclear reactor?
the controlled release of nuclear energy in a reactor is accomplished
Are nuclear reactors and nuclear power plants the same?
Not really. It depends on what you are trying to do. A nuclear power plant is a power plant that uses a nuclear reactor as its source of energy. A nuclear reactor, on the other hand, is a more generalized term for a device that uses nuclear energy (specifically the release of binding energy from the Strong Atomic Force) to do something. In the general case, we use the reactor to generate energy for the power plant to use in generating electricity. Sometimes, we use the reactor for other, research type things, such as generating a neutron flux to study the physics of nuclide activation.
Where is the nuclear energy produced in a nuclear reactor?
In the core.
Does Thermal energy and nuclear energy relate?
Nuclear energy is released by every fissioning nucleus, about 200 Mev per fission. But as the fission fragments are slowed down and absorbed in the mass of the fuel rods, the nuclear energy is changed to thermal energy (heat) which can then be transferred to the reactor coolant and used for steam raising
What is the difference between nuclear reactor and nuclearpower plant?
a nuclear reactor converts binding energy into heat. a nuclear power plant uses a nuclear reactor to generate electricity.
How is nuclear energy changed into electrical energy in a nuclear power plant?
Steam from the heat of the reactor.
What are the negatives about using Nuclear Energy?
This is not correct. Assuming "Using Nuclear Energy" means using it to generate electricity in a reactor. A nuclear reactor is a power plant, that uses nuclear fission to eventually generate electricity. An atom bomb also uses nuclear fission to generate energy causing an explosion. However, due to fundamental differences between the two a nuclear reactor cannot explode like an atom bomb.
What process releases the energy that is used in nuclear power plants to generate electrical energy?
It is nuclear fission
How can nuclear fission generate electrical power?
Nuclear fission process results in thermal energy production (this due to mass difference before and after of fission). This thermal energy is transferred to reactor coolant system. Then the thermal energy is converted into mechanical energy through turbines. The mechanical energy is converted into electrical energy through electric generators.
How do you convert nuclear energy from nuclear reactor to electrical energy?
The heat produced it used to evaporate water which turns turbines on a generator.
What is the examples of energy produce nuclear reactor?
If you mean energy produced by nuclear reactors, then "heat" and "light" would be the answers (Just think of the sun)
A generator is not required to generate electrical energy when what energy sources is used solar wind nuclear hydroelectric?
Hydro electrical
What is the energy transfer in a nuclear reactor?
the controlled release of nuclear energy in a reactor is accomplished
Name a nuclear process in which a huge amount of energy is released and which can be used to generate electrical energy in power stations?
Nuclear fission
What is an example of converting thermal energy into electrical energy?
A car engine, a coal or petroleum power plant, a nuclear reactor.
How much energy can nuclear supply?
The latest PWR designs can produce 1600MW electrical from one reactor.
