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First you have to build the right sort of reactor. You don't use large power reactors like PWR or BWR, because they have very thick pressure vessels operating at high pressure and introducing the sample material would be too difficult. Instead you have a small open pool reactor which is just an assembly of fuel plates in a pool of water, not pressurised, the small amount of heat produced is rejected to atmosphere. There will be built in re-entrant tubes which go into the heart of the reactor and enable material samples to be introduced, left for a while to be irradiated, and withdrawn. So then it's just a matter of choosing the material you want to activate, preparing the sample in the right form, inserting it and removing it into a shielded container.
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Synthetic elements are produced in nuclear reactors and also by using?
Particle accelerator
What is the difference between nuclear power plant and nuclear reactor?
It's really just a matter of degree, all reactors produce some power. Those used in a power plant will produce perhaps 3000 to 5000 Megawatts thermal. Low power reactors producing a few kilowatts are used for experiments, teaching in universities, and for producing radioisotopes by irradiating samples, but reactors in this sort of power level would not be harnessed to produce electricity, the heat produced if large enough would be removed and rejected to the atmosphere or to a water cooling circuit. This makes them simple to operate and to start and stop as required.
Explain the working principle of a nuclear reactor?
Nuclear fission is the working principle under which the nuclear reactors operate.
What is a nuclear reactor used for?
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.
What can be found on the moon that can be used for nuclear reactors?
There may be Radium, Thorium, Uranium or even Plutonium which can be used in nuclear reactors.
How is radioisotopes used in nuclear reactors?
Radioisotopes for many uses (e.g. medical, industrial, scientific) are produced in nuclear reactors.
Is Australia nuclear free?
There is a small reactor at Sydney used to produce radioisotopes. No power reactors.
What are uses of nuclear energy toward industry?
Mainly generation of electricity. However production of isotopes used to examine structures such as welds, to calibrate instruments, or to incorporate into devices such as smoke alarms, is also important. These radioisotopes are produced in small reactors built for the purpose. They also produce medical radioisotopes.
Is plutonium produced only in breeder reactors?
No, plutonium is obtained in all the types of nuclear reactors.
How are nuclear reactors used in nuclear reactors?
Well, as nuclear reactors are nuclear reactors, nuclear reactors are not used inside nuclear reactors.
How does power generates?
Submarines are powered by diesel fuel (in the past) or more recently by nuclear reactors. Nuclear reactors provide advantages in range and in noise produced.
Which country has the most operational Nuclear Power Reactors in the world?
France (having 58 nuclear power reactors and one under construction) with around 80% of its electricity is produced by nuclear power.
How does submarine generates power?
Submarines are powered by diesel fuel (in the past) or more recently by nuclear reactors. Nuclear reactors provide advantages in range and in noise produced.
What is made in laboratories and nuclear reactors?
Lots of different things, especially in certain types of laboratories.But considering the categories you have the question in I guess the answer might be: radioisotopes of elements.
Synthetic elements are produced in nuclear reactors and also by using what?
Particle Accelerators.
Synthetic elements are produced in nuclear reactors and also by using?
Particle accelerator
Various fields where nuclear energy is used?
It is mostly used to generate electricity, that is all large power reactors can do. There are some small reactors designed to enable samples to be irradiated and removed quickly, to provide radioisotopes for medical and industrial use.
