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The most promising equipment is the Tokamak, which is a circular toroidal chamber in which the gaseous plasma is circulated and heated, and constrained by magnetic fields. This was developed initially in the Soviet Union but has been adopted in several countries as a research and development tool. Up to now the best results have come from the JET (Joint European Torus) at Culham UK. A larger version is to be built in France called ITER, but it will be years before it is built and being used. You can find ITER and JET on Wikipedia and other websites .
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∙ 15y agoA nuclear reactor will do what is asked here. Use the link below to the related question about what a nuclear reactor is.
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∙ 13y agoNuclear chain reaction are controlled by different methods such as using denser water or rods made from boron or etc to absorb excess neutrons from increasing the rate of chain reaction.
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Which process uses bacteria to copy DNA?
Polymerase chain reaction
What is electron chain transport?
Its a bunch of reactions that happen one after another. The reason that the next reaction in the "chain" of reactions is able to happen is because the reaction before it happened. The first reaction in the chain is initiated by a transfer of electron(s). The same exact electron is not necessarily passed on. It is the gradient of energy that pushed the reaction along.
Where nuclear fission is found?
In a nuclear power plant and in nature in (low levels.) With any form of radioactive decay it is possible for atoms to be split. The sustained reaction is the foundation of both nuclear weapons and nuclear power plants where the fission is self-sustaining for a period of time. A simple physical model is a pool (billard) table when you initally break. The cue ball is a small particle that breaks up the racked balls. Now imagine hundreds if not millions of other racked balls. A chain reaction of breaks continues until there isn't enough energy to stustain the fission of atoms. Low levels of this happen all the time with radioactive material in nature. Once there is a "critical mass" of very specific radioactive material a sustained chain reaction happens. Controlled you can get nuclear power by siphoning the reaction in the form of heat to turn turbines for power, let it all go at once and you get a nuclear bomb. Fission is the splitting of atoms, fusion is merging atoms. A hydrogen bomb uses both fission and fusion. Fission to start the reaction (Plutonium) and an outer shell that (Cesium,cobalt, if memory serves me correctly were two material used for the outer casing), from the force of the fission, causes the fusion of hyrodgen (hence H-Bomb).
How does nuclear fission work?
The breakup of large nuclei into two nearly equal fragments is called nuclear fission. It sometimes produces neutrons, protons or other nuclei. This is important in nuclear reactor and bombs, where neutrons emitted from one fission event cause other nuclei to fission, releasing more neutrons and so causing chain reaction. If this chain is controlled then you have a nuclear reactor whose heat can be used to boil water and generate electricity. If the chain is uncontrolled it causes a nuclear explosion.
What are the destructive uses of nuclear fission?
Nuclear bombs
What is the difference in a nuclear power plant and a nuclear bomb?
A nuclear power plant uses a slow, controlled nuclear chain reaction to heat water and generate electricity. A nuclear bomb uses a very rapid uncontrolled nuclear chain reaction in order to generate a massive explosion.
A nuclear reactor uses the energy from a controlled?
nuclear fission
Which process uses bacteria to copy DNA?
Polymerase chain reaction
Does nuclear power plants uses nuclear fusion?
No, they rely on fission. Controlled fusion is the holy grail of nuclear power.
What are three uses of for potential uses of nuclear fission?
That's really two questions, "What are the uses of Nuclear fission reaction?" and "What are potential uses of nuclear fission?". See the "Related questions" below for answers to each question.
How is the making of weapons different from peacetime use of nuclear energy?
Weapons are designed to explode and produce blast waves to destroy targets. Peaceful nuclear energy uses a controlled steady fission reaction to produce heat, which then is used to generate electricity
What does Nuclear energy use?
Nuclear energy as applied to power plants uses uranium, which can be made to produce a chain reaction in which atoms of uranium are constantly splitting and releasing energy in the form of heat. The heat is then used to produce electricity through a steam turbine/generator.
How do operate atomic battery?
The terms atomic battery is used to describe a device which uses energy from the decay of the radioactive isotopes to generate electricity. They are like nuclear reactors but only difference is they wont use chain reaction.
What happens in a nuclear power plant?
A nuclear powerplant is a Thermal powerstation that uses a nuclear reactor to generate electricity. The method: A nuclear fission or fusion reaction happens which produces up to 650 to 700 Degrees Of heat when controlled. This massive amount of heat is then open to massive amounts of water that produces steam which in turn the turbines that produces up to 10,000 Mega Watts of electricity.
What are the Use and misuse of nuclear chemicals and their effects?
Misuses would I think mean nuclear weapons. Harmful effects can be caused by radioactivity if released from the nuclear core, but these are carefully controlled by design and operation to be so low as to not increase local exposure to higher than natural levels.
Why is a conventional nuclear reactor not able to explode as a bomb?
Conventional nuclear power plants use critical mass in a way that is similar to how a fission bomb uses it, in a chain reaction. There are some very important differences, however. In a nuclear power plant, the reaction is controlled by a set of systems that moderate the amount and speed of neutrons, the temperature of the fuel, and so on. These prevent the reactor from getting too hot and melting down. This is not easy, but also not terribly hard. In the bomb, there is no provision for ongoing control of the chain reaction. Instead, there is a design that causes the critical mass to undergo the chain reaction while staying at critical mass for the process. This is really hard to do because as soon as the whole heats up a bit, it wants to fly apart, destroying the integrity of the critical mass. The design problems associated with maintaining critical mass were difficult enough that they were secret for a long time. In other words, in order for a critical mass to blow up as a bomb, it really has to be designed to be a bomb. And though a nuclear reactor can melt down and be very destructive in the process, and though the waste storage can be breached and be very destructive as a result, the nuclear explosion of a nuclear reactor is quite likely impossible. Explosions and meltdowns have happened, but the explosions are from steam or chemicals, rather than nuclear critical mass.
Are there any uses of nuclear energy?
Are there any uses of Nuclear Energy? Are there any uses of Nuclear Energy?
