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What is the difference between nuclear and steam and hydroelectric power plants?
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∙ 14y ago
These are things that are not comparable. Nuclear power refers to the fuel, just as natural gas, coal, or oil would. Steam refers to how the fuel is used, and the fuel might be natural gas, coal, oil, or nuclear; an alternative to steam would be to use natural gas or oil to power a turbine directly.
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How are hydroelectric plants and nuclear power plants the same?
The only similarity I can think of is that they both produce electricity
What is the difference between mechanical energy and nuclear energy?
Mechanical energy is energy generated through motion, while nuclear energy is generated through either fusion (the combining of atoms), or fission (the breakdown of atoms). stars generate fusion, and nuclear power plants, use uranium for fission.
What do nuclear power plants have to do with nuclear energy?
Nuclear power plants produce electricity by using nuclear energy
What makes nuclear power in a nuclear power plant?
As of July 2008, there were more than 430 operating nuclear power plants and, together, they provided about 15 percent of the world's electricity in 2007. Despite all the cosmic energy that the word "nuclear" invokes, power plants that depend on atomic energy don't operate that differently from a typical coal-burning power plant. Both heat water into pressurized steam, which drives a turbine generator. The key difference between the two plants is the method of heating the water. While older plants burn fossil fuels, nuclear plants depend on the heat that occurs during nuclear fission, when one atom splits into two.
What are some advantages of nuclear power as a source of energy?
Nuclear power does not release greenhouse gases or other atmospheric pollutants (barring a melt-down), unlike power plants that burn fossil fuels (coal, oil, or natural gas). Unlike solar power, nuclear power is independent of the weather conditions. Unlike hydroelectric power, nuclear power can be installed anywhere.
How are hydroelectric plants and nuclear power plants the same?
The only similarity I can think of is that they both produce electricity
How do the three types of power plants make electricity?
Nuclear, coal-fired, and hydroelectric power plants provide electricity.
What percent of canada's energy is nuclear?
About 15 percent of the energy produced in Canada is derived from nuclear power plants. In contrast, about 61 percent of the energy produced in Canada is derived from hydroelectric power plants.
What are most common forms of energy used in Mexico?
Oil-fueled thermoelectric plants contribute to most of Mexico's energy needs, followed by gas, hydroelectric, nuclear and geothermal plants.
How are tidal geberators different from hydroelectric plants?
Hydroelectric plants use energy from moving water
What are the different kinds of power plants located at Philippines?
No nuclear ones, apart from Bataan which has never operated
Where are hydroelectric plants found in Asia?
one of the largest facilities hydroelectric plants is found in Asia,china
Where is the hydroelectric power plants in India?
'Where are the hydroelectric power plants in India located?' will be a grammatically correct question, not 'where is'.
How would hydroelectric energy used to power homes?
Electricity produced from hydroelectric installations is no different to that from other generating plants, such as coal / gas / nuclear. The main difference is that no fuel is burned at hydroelectric plants, the (potential) energy supply is the head of water (the lake) which is allowed to fill with water from its rivers, then this weight of water is released at low level creating forced water movement, this momentum is translated to the shaft of a water turbine (a fan basically), which in turn is connected to a standard electricity generator.
What are three ways that electricity is generated in the US?
Coal fired power plants, nuclear power plants, hydroelectric plants, wind generators and solar power plants can be found in the US. There are other types of power generating activities that can also be noted.
What is the difference between a nuclear power station and coal fired power station?
The difference is in the name; nuclear power plants produce electricity via a nuclear reaction producing head to turn a turbine, whereas coal fired power plants burn coal to produce the same efffect.
How many hydroelectric plants exist in the US?
There area little over 850 Hydroelectric Power plants in the United States
