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Nuclear power plants use a radioactive fuel, usually Uranium-235. This fuel is placed inside tubes inside a reactor. Inside this core neutrons are bombarding the Uranium-235 splitting the atoms which gives off a heat as well as other neutrons. Those neutrons go to split other atoms creating more heat and more neutrons. This loop continues creating heat and neutrons.
The heat warms up the water around the core to around 330 degrees Celsius. The water, which is under pressure so it can't change into steam, is taken from the core in pipes to a steam generator.
The hot water in the pipes heats the cool water outside the pipes causing it to boil and steam is produced. (The hot water, now cooled, returns to the core)
The steam rises and goes through more pipes to a turbine. The steam turns this turbine which turns generator. The turning generator produces electricity that goes out through the power lines.
The steam is then sent to a condenser where cold water from the cooling towers is pumped in through pipes. The cool water makes the steam turn back into water by through the process of condensation and the newly condensed water is pumped back into the steam generator.
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What do nuclear power plants have to do with nuclear energy?
Nuclear power plants produce electricity by using nuclear energy
Where is nuclear energy?
Nuclear energy is generated in nuclear power plants, of which there are many.
What type of nuclear reaction is used to create power in nuclear power plants?
Nuclear fission
What process do nuclear power plants use to produce energy?
All current nuclear power plants use nuclear fission to produce energy. For more information on fission and power plants, see the related links.
Where is the nuclear energy used the most and why?
The USA uses the most nuclear energy. There is the highest number of Nuclear Power Plants in the world. The reason is simple: USA needs energy and the easiest way to get it is building nuclear power plants.
What energy do nuclear power plants create?
They use nuclear energy to produce power for the grid.
What is product of a nuclear power plant?
Nucler plants create nuclear energy by separaiting atoms
What do nuclear power plants have to do with nuclear energy?
Nuclear power plants produce electricity by using nuclear energy
Does Nuclear power plants on Earth create energy in the same way as the Sun?
No, nuclear power plants get their energy from fissionof the heavy element uranium, the sun gets its energy from fusion of the light element hydrogen.
Where is nuclear energy?
Nuclear energy is generated in nuclear power plants, of which there are many.
What type of nuclear reaction is used to create power in nuclear power plants?
Nuclear fission
What are some harmful energy power plants?
nuclear power plants
What is nuclear power use for?
It is used for electricity in nuclear power plants == == Nuclear power is used to heat steam which then turns turbines, which generate electricity in nuclear power stations and also to provide propulsion and power on board nuclear submarines.
Are power plants an example of nuclear energy?
It depends on if its a nuclear power plant or not.
What process do nuclear power plants use produce energy?
All current nuclear power plants use nuclear fission to produce energy. For more information on fission and power plants, see the related links.
What process do nuclear power plants use to produce energy?
All current nuclear power plants use nuclear fission to produce energy. For more information on fission and power plants, see the related links.
What percent of electric power in Ecuador comes from nuclear power plants?
0, Ecuador has no nuclear energy plants.
