0
It cannot do it the direct way. Nuclear energy makes heat and this heat can be used do heat water that drives normal turbines that make electricity.
Most commonly, nuclear energy is used to boil water and produce high pressure steam. The steam is then used to turn a turbine, which turns a generator which produces electricity.
Wiki User
∙ 6y ago
Wiki User
∙ 6y agoPower plants rely on generators to generate electricity. In most conventional power plants, those generators are powered by steam or superheated water. Their water is heated by coal (or coke), or some other fuel to cause it to reach high temperatures. At the point where water is about to become steam, it is pushing against the sides of its container and that push is what makes the turbines turn. If you are using nuclear reaction as the heat source, that is what heats the water. Of course there are other issues to address (transmitting radioactivity into the water, regulating the amount of heat being produced, containing the nuclear waste), but fundamentally atomic fission is being used as heat source.
Wiki User
∙ 8y agoThe heat released by nuclear fission is transformed in electrical energy.
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What is the name of the first peaceful nuclear reactor?
The first nuclear reactor used for peaceful purposes was that in Russia (June 1954) and is called Oninsk nuclear power plant. It is the first in the world to generate electricity for an electric power grid system. It produced around 5 megawatts of electric power.
What is the basic purpose of a generator?
Basically to generate electricity of energy.
How does a biomass generator work?
Most biomass generators work by heating water to generate steam which then turns turbines for electricity generation. Different generators use different types of biomass fuel.
What components are present in every nuclear power plant that generates electricity?
(Nuclear reactor) creates heat Water heated to create pressurised steam (Boiler) Pressurised steam released via turbine chamber (Steam Turbine) translating motion to turbine shaft. Turbine shaft windings rotate inside magnets to generate electricity (Generator)
How nuclear energy can be beneficial to man?
By producing electricity
How nuclear fuels can be use to generate electricity?
Nuclear fissions in nuclear fuels generate heat and electricity.
What is the process by which a nuclear fuel provides the energy needed to generate electricity in a nuclear power station?
suk ur mummy
How is nuclear energy used to generate electricity fuel or as a food source?
CARS , VEHICALS ,ELECTRICTY FUELS.
Why do we have nuclear reactors?
To generate electricity
Do nuclear power plants make electricity from fossil fuel?
No. Nuclear power plants use a uranium to provide the heat to generate electricity from. By splitting the nuclei of uranium atoms (called nuclear fission), energy is released, which will be used for electricity generation. Uranium is a radioactive metal, not a fossil fuel.
The use of nuclear reactors to generate electricity is?
The use of nuclear energy
The use of nuclear reactors to generate electricity is what?
The use of nuclear power
Why were nuclear electricity generating plants set up?
To generate electricity.
To reduce climate damage scientists hope to generate electricity from nuclear energy through what?
Scientists hope to generate electricity and heat through nuclear fusion as well as nuclear fission.
What fuel is used the most to generate electricity?
The coal is used mostly to generate electricity.
Can nuclear fuel be used to enable turbines to generate a constant supply of electricity?
No the turbines are turned of while the reactors are being refuled.
What role do fuel rods play in generating energy?
Fuel rods are the nuclear fuel in a nuclear power plant. They are used to turn water to steam, which is then used to turn a turbine. They do not "generate energy", since energy cannot be created or destroyed (E=mc^2). They are used to generate electricity, or to convert nuclear energy to electric energy.
