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Do any power plant today run run on nuclear fusion why or why not?
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∙ 11y ago
No, because the highest amount of energy needed in a nuclear fusion is 40,000,000 K, which is only known to occur on the sun.
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What percentage of nuclear power plants in operation today are based upon nuclear fusion?
None of them do.
Why us fusion not used to generate electrical power?
Today nuclear fusion is not controlled at industry scale.
How does the Sun generate energy today?
nuclear fusion
5 How does the Sun generate energy today?
Nuclear Fusion
Which one of these two process is still used today Nuclear Fission or Fusion?
Fission. Fusion has never been used on Earth, except for nuclear weapon tests.
What were the two chemicals in the big bang?
Well, if you believe in such things, the Big Bang was only a mass Hydrogen, which exploded due to massive internal forces. Hydrogen then fused into all atoms in the universe today through the process of nuclear fusion, which is the same process as that occurs in the center of our sun, and in the hydrogen bomb. Nuclear fusion is not utilized in nuclear power plants, as the only sustainable level of nuclear fusion is to large to be contained. Essentially, it would melt everybody who tried to go near a fusion power plant. Nuclear physicist are constantly working on the theoretical process of "cold fusion", but have made very little advancement. It looks like this force may just be for stars bombs and universe making theories ;).
What is a major disadvantage of using nuclear fusion reactors?
Today these installations are not surely controlled.
What is the different between a nuclear bomb and an atom bomb?
Nuclear bombs before the 60s were referred to as atom bombs, because the term Nuclear hadn't been discover yet. Nuclear bombs today, are generally Hydrogen bombs, or fusion bombs. They are significantly more powerful, able to places about the size of Rhode Island. Atom bombs,which were mostly uranium and plutonium, lack the destructive power of Nuclear or Fusion bombs.
Is it true that nuclear fusion is like a bomb?
Both fission and fusion can be used to make nuclear bombs, in fact almost every nuclear bomb in stockpile in the world today uses both fission and fusion to achieve its total yield, optimize it material efficiency, and reduce size and weight.
Is it true that Hiroshima today receives a quarter of its energy via nuclear power?
Japan gets a little more than a third of its power from nuclear plants. Since electricity from a plant is put on a power grid for distribution, and there is no way to designate power produced as for a specific area, one could say that Hiroshima gets about a third of its power from nuclear plants.
How much does a nuclear power plant cost in US?
It is estimated a new nuclear plant built today in the US would cost $10-12 billion for a 1500-1600 MW plant. Then once you have the plant built, one load of fuel bundles would cost approx. $150 to $200 million.
Is Albert Einstein's work still used today?
yes, e=mc2 is used in nuclear fusion labs .
