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Nuclear material is used to heat water which creates steam. The steam turns a turbine generator, like a car alternator on a massive scale, which creates the electricity that we use in our homes.
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What is power plant?
a power plant is a factory that produces lots of electricity. It might even produce electricity to your whole state
How much electricity produced in one power plant?
Nuclear power plants have been build in several sizes. The nuclear reactor to generate electricity was EBR-1, the Experimental Breeder Reactor number 1 in Idaho. On December 20th 1952 it generated enough electricity to power four light bulbs! On June 27 1954 the Obninisk Nuclear Power Station in the USSR became the first nuclear reactor to provide electricity to an electricity grid. It was a 5MW (electric) reactor. In general the larger a reactor the cheaper the electricity it produces, although larger reactors are arguably less safe than smaller ones. The largest nuclear power plant in the world currently is the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant. It has seven reactors in the gigawatt range, KK-1 to KK-5, which are boiling water reactors with an rated output of 1.067GW(e) each, and KK-6 and KK-7, advanced boiling water reactors each with rated outputs of 1.315GW(e). However these reactors and their associated fuel fabrication facilities have been plagued with problems including management malfeasance, falsification of data and earthquakes. All reactors are currently offline for inspection. a reactor is the cheaper it can produce electricity though, and recent designs have be in the multi-gigawatt range.
When was the first electricity made by commercial nuclear power plants?
the time the old man wanted to make it
What does a transformer do in a nuclear reactor?
The same thing as in a fossil fueled or hydroelectric power plant.
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.
Where is the method of producing electricity from a nuclear power plant used?
In a nuclear power plant
Does a nuclear power plant produces electricity?
Yes, nuclear power plants produce electric power (electricity).
Why the nuclear power plant build?
Because the power plant is the source of electricity
How does a nuclear power plant power homes?
By generating electricity.
What is a nuclearur power plant?
a nuclear power plant produces electricity from uranium 235
What is the use of nuclear power plant?
The generation of electricity.
What are the uses of a nuclear power plant?
To produce electricity
What Does The Nuclear Power Plant In Japan Do?
Make electricity.
Do microwaves have any nuclear power?
There is no nuclear power involved in a microwave unless the electricity used to power it is from a nuclear power plant.
What happens if a nuclear power plant does not work?
It produces no electricity
What type of energy does a nuclear power plant Use?
Electricity.
Is a nuclear power plant producing electricity an example of nuclear fusion?
yes. this is because nuclear power plants use nuclear fusion
