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Even though a nuclear fission reactor may be shutdown and be subcritical, there are still mixed fission byproducts in the fuel which decay and generate heat. Its not the same enormous volume of heat that is used to make steam for spinning turbines and making electricity, but it is enough heat to require continuous cooling of the core for a substantial period of time.
This was the issue with Fukushima Daiichi, as well as with Three Mile Island. The reactor(s) was (were) shutdown, but the fuel still generated decay heat. When the cooling system subsequently failed, the fuel was deprived of cooling and it overheated, and it was damaged. This is also an issue with spent fuel that has been removed from the reactor and placed in the spent fuel pool. Cooling is required until the mixed fission byproducts decay enough that transport is possible.
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What produces energy for a nuclear power plant?
The energy source for a nuclear power plant is the fissioning of nuclear fuel, which is normally uranium.
Nuclear power plant are designed to convert nuclear energy into what type of energy?
Electrical energy
Why is a power plant an example of nuclear energy?
There are different types of "power plant". Some run on nuclear energy, others don't.
What type of energy does a nuclear power plant create?
nuclear energy?It should be any way~(=w=)
What is nuclear energy first changed to in a Power Plant?
Thermal energy
What produces energy for a nuclear power plant?
The energy source for a nuclear power plant is the fissioning of nuclear fuel, which is normally uranium.
Can nuclear energy work with other forms of energy?
Nuclear energy is converted to electrical energy in a nuclear power plant.
Nuclear power plant are designed to convert nuclear energy into what type of energy?
Electrical energy
Why is a power plant an example of nuclear energy?
There are different types of "power plant". Some run on nuclear energy, others don't.
How is nuclear energy changed into electrical energy in a nuclear power plant?
Steam from the heat of the reactor.
What produces nuclear energy everyday?
A commercial nuclear power plant
What type of energy does a nuclear power plant create?
nuclear energy?It should be any way~(=w=)
What happens in a nuclear power plant in Bataan?
Nothing happens in the nuclear plant in Bataan. This plant was built but never operated.
How do you use nuclear energy in a sentence?
Nuclear energy is obtained by the fissioning of nuclei of uranium235, in a controlled chain reaction in a nuclear reactor, which produces heat that can be converted to electricity by normal power plant methods.
Are power plants an example of nuclear energy?
It depends on if its a nuclear power plant or not.
What is nuclear energy first changed to in a Power Plant?
Thermal energy
How can you convert Electrical energy to nuclear energy?
A power plant generator
