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How do nuclear fuel rods work?
Usually, the rods themselves are made of Uranium-238. The fuel inside the rods is Uranium-235, which is highly fissionable. The Uranium-238 is very heavy, and slows down the neutrons so that they can properly strike the U-235 atoms.
How it work nuclear energy?
Nuclear power stations work in pretty much the same way as fossil fuel-burning stations, except that a "chain reaction" inside a nuclear reactor makes the heat instead.The reactor uses Uranium rods as fuel, and the heat is generated by nuclear fission: neutrons smash into the nucleus of the uranium atoms, which split roughly in half and release energy in the form of heat.Carbon dioxide gas or water is pumped through the reactor to take the heat away, this then heats water to make steam.The steam drives turbines which drive generators.Modern nuclear power stations use the same type of turbines and generators as conventional power stations.In Britain, nuclear power stations are often built on the coast, and use sea water for cooling the steam ready to be pumped round again. This means that they don't have the huge "cooling towers" seen at other power stations.The reactor is controlled with "control rods", made of boron, which absorb neutrons. When the rods are lowered into the reactor, they absorb more neutrons and the fission process slows down. To generate more power, the rods are raised and more neutrons can crash into uranium atoms.
Could the cooling water at nuclear plant be fast frozen?
Nuclear energy is used to boil water for the purpose of generating energy with the steam. Ice would not work. If you are asking about the water running off of the current reactor issue in Japan, no. This would not work either. The water is being used to cool the rods of the reactor's core. This water becomes very hot and turns to steam. You can not freeze this volume of water fast.
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How does a nuclaer reactor work?
A nuclear reactor is composed of the following:fissionable fuelcontrol rodssafety rodsmoderator (omitted in a fast fission reactor)cooling systemMost reactors are what are called thermal reactors, what this means is slow (aka thermal) neutrons are used in the chain reaction to cause fissions in the fuel. A moderator (e.g. water, graphite, heavy water) is required to slow the fast neutrons emitted by fissions to this slow speed before too many of them are captured by uranium-238, which removes them from the chain reaction.Fast reactors do not need a moderator as they use highly enriched fuel with most of the uranium-238 removed.The control rods can be inserted and removed as needed and are made of a material (e.g. cadmium) that easily captures neutrons, which removes them from the chain reaction.The safety rods are only inserted in an emergency, in some reactor designs they cannot be removed once inserted. Like the control rods they are made of a material (e.g. boron, cadmium) that easily captures neutrons, which removes them from the chain reaction.The cooling system removes heat from the reactor (and in power reactors carries it to the turbine room where it is used to generate electricity). Frequently there are redundant cooling systems, including an emergency one that floods the reactor core with water.Starting a nuclear reactor is requires a special procedure to do it safely:Insert all control rods as far as they go.Attach a neutron source to the reactor.Measure the neutron multiplication factor (neutron flux ÷ neutrons provided by the neutron source) of the reactor, it will be low and constant.Slightly remove one control rod.Measure the neutron multiplication factor of the reactor, it will be a bit higher than before and constant.Repeat steps 4 and 5 until the neutron multiplication factor is no longer constant, but slowly rises on its own without further removal of control rods. The reactor is now very very slightly supercritical.Remove the neutron source from the reactor.The neutron flux in the reactor should settle to a constant value again and stay there. The reactor is now exactly critical.The reactor is now fully started. To increase power level, slightly remove control rods. To decrease power level, slightly insert control rods.
How do your eyes work?
Your eye has cones and rods that are stimulated by light.
Why can you not see the colour of cars at night?
The retinas of our eyes have rods and cones. Rods detect light intensity, and cones detect color. The cones do not work as well in dark conditions. That is why, for example, a dark blue car will appear black at night.
How eyes work in mammals?
not sure. n eyes there are rods and cones. most animals have only rods, which pick up light and dark but not colour. humans(and possibly some other animals)have rodsand cones. the cones pick up colour.
What is the job of rods and cones?
They are photoreceptors in the retina. Rods are responsible for vision at low levels. They do not mediate colors and have a low spatial acuity. Cones work at higher levels. They are responsible for color and have high spatial acuity.
What do cones cells in your eye allow our eye to do?
Cones are a special type of photoreceptor cell in the retina that allow you to see brighter light than "rods" (a different type of photoreceptor cell), particularly to see color. The brain interprets the response of cones to the different wavelengths of light in order to perceive color in this way.
What is the job of the rods?
They are photoreceptors in the retina. Rods are responsible for vision at low levels. They do not mediate colors and have a low spatial acuity. Cones work at higher levels. They are responsible for color and have high spatial acuity.
What are the two sensory cells on the retina?
The two sensory receptors of the eye are called rods and cones. Rods are located more in the periphery around the fovea. These pick up movement very well and mostly pick up just black and white kind of stimulation. It is the rods that are most active at night. Cones, on the other hand, are used when you're focusing on something and it gives crisp and colorful pictures. This is why when you see something in the corner of your eye it's hard to confidently determine what it exactly is. The reason why the body is made up this way is because if we had all cones instead of rods, it would be way too much stimulation for our brain to work through. It would get too distracting when we are focusing on everything instead of just what is right in front of you. In addition, cone cells require more metabolism than rod cells, so the eyes balance energy expenditure with image quality.
Why can't humans see color at night?
You have two types of light receptors, rods and cones. Rods register light, while cones register the colours of the light. However, cones require more light to work. When there is little light, the cones do not activate as well. The rods still continue to activate, giving you the appearance of light, but not the colours making up that light.
Why is it important that human eyes both have rods and cones?
The cones let you see colors. They do not work in dim light. The rods let you see in dim light. If you are outside and only stars are visible, you can still see a number of things. You can only see them in black and white or shades in between. They still help if a lion or tiger would like to eat you.
Why do all colors appear grey in dark for your eye?
There are two main types of cells that we use for sight: rods and cones. The cones are what allows us to see color and are further subdivided into different color receptors. However, they do not work well in low light conditions. The rods are better suited for low-light, but can only really picked up difference in brightness; they cannot determine color.
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What are work groups that neurons cluster into?
neural networks
