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Nuclear energy is used to boil water for the purpose of generating energy with the steam. Ice would not work.
If you are asking about the water running off of the current reactor issue in Japan, no. This would not work either. The water is being used to cool the rods of the reactor's core. This water becomes very hot and turns to steam. You can not freeze this volume of water fast.
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In a nuclear power plant excess heat is?
Rejected to the turbine cooling system, but this is the same in any power plant running on the Rankine cycle, whether nuclear or fossil fuelled
How many cooling towers does the Chernobyl nuclear power plant have?
I don't see any in this view. I guess it used water from a river for cooling. It is all shutdown now, so the cooling towers if they ever existed could have been demolished, but I don't remember seeing any in early photos at the time of the disaster.
Are the big towers in a nuclear power plant smoke stacks?
No, they are actually giving off steam. The steam is a byproduct of the hot water from the turbines air cooling.
How is a nuclear power plant safe?
How is a nuclear power plant safe?
If the nuclear power plant in palatka Florida exploded will it reach Ocala Florida?
According to Wikipedia's sources, the power plant in Palatka, Seminole Generating Station, is a coal burning power plant. It only appears to be nuclear because of the cooling towers that are iconic of nuclear power plants but can be used coal fired power plants. I would have to imagine that the blast from a coal power plant, if exploded, would not travel the 40 or so miles to Ocala.
How many cooling towers are in a pressurized nuclear water reactor?
It varies depending on the cooling needs and plant design.
Why would you not build a nuclear plant in the middle of a desert?
A nuclear power plant needs a large heatsink, i.e. cooling water. There is very little cooling water in the middle of a desert. That is why nuclear power plants are generally built on the edge of oceans or lakes, or on large rivers.
Why were the nuclear power plants in Japan where they were?
The power plant were where they were because the generators needed cool water for the cooling systems at the plant.
In a nuclear power plant excess heat is?
Rejected to the turbine cooling system, but this is the same in any power plant running on the Rankine cycle, whether nuclear or fossil fuelled
What are the most important parts of a nuclear plant?
reactor, steam turbine, and a (hopefully working) cooling system.
Why build nuclear power plants beside big bodies of water?
For the cooling system of the power plant
Is a nuclear power plant same as nuclear power station?
Yes, it generally is but a nuclear plant could refer to nuclear reactors which are basically the things that produce the power. So in essence, yes, a nuclear plant is the same thing as a nuclear power station
Parts of a nuclear power plant?
Reactor,Control Rods,Steam Generator,Turbines and Generator,Cooling Tower.
Is nuclear power production continuous?
yes it is for about up to 40 years when the nuclear cooling tanks become full. Then can deposit the nuclear rods somewhere in lead cases or just shut down the plant.
How many cooling towers does the Chernobyl nuclear power plant have?
I don't see any in this view. I guess it used water from a river for cooling. It is all shutdown now, so the cooling towers if they ever existed could have been demolished, but I don't remember seeing any in early photos at the time of the disaster.
Where is nuclear energy in the bumper cars?
Bumper cars use electricity, which could be from a nuclear plant
Could jellyfish have an impact on nuclear power plant safe operation?
Yes, Jelly fish could have impact on nuclear power plants operation. It had already caused the shut down of a power reactor in Sweden and another one in France to clean the intake cooling water channels. Refer to link below.
