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What is Percentage of nuclear power plants that use nuclear fusion?
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∙ 14y ago
When nuclear fission takes place heat is produced, this is all usable to produce steam for the power plant. Perhaps you mean how much of the U-235 is usable? In a light water reactor the fuel is around 4 percent U-235 to start and is discharged at around 1 percent or perhaps a bit less, so you could say that about three quarters of the original U-235 in the fuel is used.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agozero percent! Nobody has succeeded yet in making fusion work
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Is a nuclear power plant producing electricity an example of nuclear fusion?
yes. this is because nuclear power plants use nuclear fusion
Does fusion powers many of your nuclear power plants?
Nuclear fusion is used only in experimental installations.
What is the potential use of nuclear fusion by humans?
Nuclear fusion is used in some nuclear power plants that can handle the heat and radiation without suffering a meltdown. You should check out nuclear fission in power plants first.
Why dont we use nuclear fusion in nuclear power plants?
Because no one has been able to produce a continuous fusion reaction so far.
Do fusion reactions provide nuclear power?
No, a fission reaction is not necessary to trigger a fusion reaction, but for us on earth, it is. In the field of nuclear weapons, a fission bomb is needed to create the heat necessary to set off a fusion weapon. We have to use fission, or, rather, the energy created by that, to initiate the fusion reaction. It might be possible to use a high power source, like a laser, on a small amount of material to get fusion to occur. But we are still experimenting with this in the Tokamak, and it's far from being a done deal. Stars are, in general, massive nuclear fusion reactors. Their constant consumption of fuel powering their high rate of fusion creates a massive amount of energy, and the stars' huge gravity keeps this process from blowing the whole thing apart. No fission is needed to sustain this reaction.
What percentage of nuclear power plants in operation today are based upon nuclear fusion?
None of them do.
What is the percentage of current nuclear power plants that use nuclear fusion energy?
Zero, and it will stay zero for many years to come!
Does nuclear power plants uses nuclear fusion?
No, they rely on fission. Controlled fusion is the holy grail of nuclear power.
Is a nuclear power plant producing electricity an example of nuclear fusion?
yes. this is because nuclear power plants use nuclear fusion
Does fusion powers many of your nuclear power plants?
Nuclear fusion is used only in experimental installations.
What is the potential use of nuclear fusion by humans?
Nuclear fusion is used in some nuclear power plants that can handle the heat and radiation without suffering a meltdown. You should check out nuclear fission in power plants first.
What is the source of energy in nuclear power plants?
The source of energy in almost all nuclear power plants is fission or the splitting of the atom. There are a few experimental fusion power plants, (or the joining of the atoms), but, there are few of them, since the energy needed to produce fusion is extremly high, and only last a few seconds. Around 99.99% of nuclear power plants are fission power plants.
How do you use fission and fusion in a nuclear power plant?
We don't yet know how to use fusion in a power plant. All nuclear power plants use fission only. Fusion is much harder, but will be better if we can figure it out.
Why dont we use nuclear fusion in nuclear power plants?
Because no one has been able to produce a continuous fusion reaction so far.
How is nuclear generation similar to nuclear fusion?
There is very little similarity between present day power plants which use nuclear fission, and any possible nuclear fusion plant of the future
What does nuclear energy include?
Mostly power plants operating with fission reactors. Also experiments with nuclear fusion, and nuclear weapons
What percentage of nuclear power plants are fission types?
100%
