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Nuclear fission is the working principle under which the nuclear reactors operate.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 10y agoThe nuclear reactors work on the principle of the nuclear fission.
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Explain the principle and working of a nuclear reactor with a neat diagram?
explan working and principle of nuclear reacter
Could a reactor be fueled with americium?
The Russians are working on the problem of creating a nuclear reactor fuel out of americium, but they're still working the problem. In addition, they haven't built a reactor that uses americium as a nuclear fuel yet, either.
How fast does a nuclear fusion reactor work?
Do you mean how much power does it produce? None are working as yet.
What is a nuclear power plant in mechanical?
A nuclear power plant is a power plant where nuclear reactions (which take place in a reactor core) create a lot of heat, and that heat is used as a power source (a heat source) to generate steam. The steam is then used in the conventional manner to spin electric generators to create electricity, which is then put on the power grid for distribution. There are several different designs in operation. Wikipedia has more information to get you started in your investigation.
What happens when a nuclear reactor reaches the end of its life?
When a reactor has burned enough of its fuel that it cannot be made to go critical by pulling all the control rods all the way out, it has reached the end of its useful life. There is a lot of unburned fuel left in the fuel elements, but not enough to achieve criticality the way the reactor core is set up. (Only a small percentage of the fuel is actually burned.) Usually the operators of a nuclear plant will take a reactor out of service and refuel it a bit before this. And military reactors will be taken offline sooner and refueled because of the requirement that the reactor be able to be brought critical at what is called the "peak xenon" point. Generally speaking, the core is removed and put in a storage pool that provided cooling and shielding. The core will remain there until it can be disassembled into fuel bundles and the bundles packed up and moved to a long-term storage facility for a century or a few. It is unusual that the fuel elements are reprocessed to remove the remaining fuel because of the presence of a lot of extremely radioactive fission fragments.
Explain the principle and working of a nuclear reactor with a neat diagram?
explan working and principle of nuclear reacter
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Could a reactor be fueled with americium?
The Russians are working on the problem of creating a nuclear reactor fuel out of americium, but they're still working the problem. In addition, they haven't built a reactor that uses americium as a nuclear fuel yet, either.
How do you explain the principle of working of ULN2803?
Explain the workin principle of uln and its abbreviation
Is the nuclear reaction in a nuclear power plant controlled or uncontrolled?
Controlled! ...if the reactor is working properly.
A working nuclear reactor is a very simple energy conversion device?
No, it is not simple!!
How many nuclear power stations are in Australia?
There are no nuclear power plants in Australia. There is one small working nuclear reactor at the Lucas Heights research facility in Sydney.
Identify two application of the chopper and explain how its work?
what is chopper explain its working principle
How fast does a nuclear fusion reactor work?
Do you mean how much power does it produce? None are working as yet.
What are the most important parts of a nuclear plant?
reactor, steam turbine, and a (hopefully working) cooling system.
What is the working principle of thorium based fast breeder reactor?
thorium is breed to make uranium-233 fuel
Is nuclear waste a renewable resource?
The waste from nuclear reactors can in principle be reprocessed to extract plutonium, which can be used to fuel nuclear reactors. But this is not "renewable" it is just recycling fuel the reactor made, this process can at best multiply the amount available reactor fuel by roughly 100 times, then we run out. Only France reprocesses their nuclear waste, other countries have abandoned it largely from the unjustified fear that reprocessed plutonium reactor fuel might be "stolen" to build atomic bombs (normal power reactor generated plutonium has very high levels of the undesired plutonium-240 and plutonium-241 which make it impossible to build working atomic bombs with that plutonium).
