Steam in nuclear power plants is used to drive turbines for generation of kinetic energy.
Actually, superheated steam is used in nuclear power plants. It is part of the goal of extracting the most energy possible from the steam cycle.
They both use steam turbine/generators
To boil water into steam to run (turn) turbines.
converts the rotation of the steam turbine shaft to electricity. same as in a coal fired plant.
Primarily, the steam turbines spin the generators, which make electricity. That is the primary objective of a nuclear power plant, to make electricity. There are other steam turbines in a nuclear power plant which are used for various functions, such as High Pressure Coolant Injection and Low Pressure Coolant Injection, which are used during various shutdown and emergency scenarios.
simply, the nuclear reactor is the source of heat (or steam) for the nuclear power plant.
Heat from the nuclear reaction changes water to steam.
Heat from the nuclear reaction changes water to steam.
Nuclear reactors produce heat, the heat then is used to make steam, turning turbines. Therefore, the waste of a nuclear power plant is excess steam.
Steam from the heat of the reactor.
Actually, superheated steam is used in nuclear power plants. It is part of the goal of extracting the most energy possible from the steam cycle.
The steam turbines (which use the steam produced by the hot nuclear pile).
To provide steam to drive a steam turbine.
It Powers the Huge turbine that produces electricity.
In a nuclear power plant, the heat energy released from fission is used to change water into steam. the steam then turns the blades of a turbine to generate electricity.
They both use steam turbine/generators
The controlled nuclear reaction generates large amounts of heat. That heat boils water, which creates steam. The steam turns turbine blades, and the turbine generates electricity.