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Most nuclear reactors are built to produce electric power. A single nuclear reactor can generate enough energy to power 1,200,000 homes around the clock. The vast minority of reactors around the world are operated by power or energy companies that are licensed by the government, or by the government itself.
Some smaller reactors are constructed for research, and for the production of nuclear materials used in industry and medicine. Plutonium can also be produced in reactors, and its application as a nuclear fuel or a material for a nuclear weapon is widely known.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoNuclear fission of fissile isotopes of uranium and plutonium release an enormous quantity of energy; in the future the nuclear fusion will be used.
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What is a reactor used for in welders?
Not a nuclear reactor!
What is a Nuclear reactor moisture separator?
This is used in the nuclear reactor that is known as Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) in which heat produced by the nuclear fission in the nuclear fuel allows the light water reactor coolant to boil. Then, the nuclear reactor moisture separator is used to increase the dryness of the produced steam before it goes to the reactor steam turbines.
What is used for fule in nuclear reactor?
Typically, Uranium-235 is used as fuel in nuclear reactors.
Canning materials used in nuclear reactor?
uranium
What substance is used in a nuclear reactor to absorb heat released from the reactor?
In most reactors in the world, water is used to absorb heat released from the reactor.
What is a reactor used for in welders?
Not a nuclear reactor!
What is a Nuclear reactor moisture separator?
This is used in the nuclear reactor that is known as Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) in which heat produced by the nuclear fission in the nuclear fuel allows the light water reactor coolant to boil. Then, the nuclear reactor moisture separator is used to increase the dryness of the produced steam before it goes to the reactor steam turbines.
Will there ever be a nuclear reactor in a plane instead of oil?
Never a nuclear reactor is used in airplanes. However, it is used in submarines.
What is the purpose of boron in nuclear reactors?
Boron is used inside a nuclear reactor inside a control rod which is used to 'soak' up the neutrons inside the nuclear reactor, a control rod can be used to control the rate of fission inside a nuclear reactor.
What is the most widely used nuclear reactor?
The pressurised water reactor (PWR)
What is uranium used for in a nuclear reactor?
fuel
What is the Japanese Nuclear Reactor?
A Nuclear Reactor.
Which is used as moderator in nuclear reactor?
Most often, light water (H2O) is used as a moderator in a nuclear reactor. Sometimes, heavy water (D2O), or graphite is used.
What is a used fuel in nuclear power plants?
The used fuel in a nuclear power plant is the nuclear fuel being discharged from the nuclear reactor after being irradiated during reactor operation. It is usually composed of trans-uranium heavy elements, a wide variety of fission products (that resulted from the nuclear fission processes in the nuclear reactor) and products of radioactive decay (produced before and after fuel discharge from the nuclear reactor).
What is used for fule in nuclear reactor?
Typically, Uranium-235 is used as fuel in nuclear reactors.
What is the most common nuclear energy used?
That released by fission in a nuclear reactor
What is the name of the fuel used in the nuclear reactor?
Uranium
