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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 is used to turn massive steam turbines which drive hugh machines called alternators to produce electricity. The electricity is then distributed to homes, factories, schools, hospitals, railways and all kinds of other users via an electric power distribution network called a national power grid.
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Is the produced from a meteor is produced by nuclear fusion?
No, the impact energy of a meteor is all from kinetic energy, nothing nuclear is involved.
What is the power produced by splitting uranium atoms to release their energy called?
The nuclear energy
Adavntages and disadvantages for nuclear energy?
One advantage of nuclear energy is that it can produce far more power than other sources of energy including wind energy. One disadvantage of nuclear energy is the radioactive waste that is produced.
How is the energy produced by nuclear fission used?
- to obtain electrical energy - to obtain thermal energy - to obtain bombs
What is one statement about nuclear energy that is not true?
It is not true that: Carbon dioxide is produced during nuclear reactor operation or during nuclear fission.
What chemicals are in nuclear energy?
Nuclear energy is not produced by chemical reactions
Where is the nuclear energy produced in a nuclear reactor?
In the core.
What Is produced in nuclear energy in power?
Nuclear power stations collect nuclear energy, and produce heat energy and electrical energy.
What kind of nuclear energy is produced by hydrogen bombs and stars?
This is produced by nuclear fusion
Is the produced from a meteor is produced by nuclear fusion?
No, the impact energy of a meteor is all from kinetic energy, nothing nuclear is involved.
Is nuclear energy produced extracted or refined?
It is produced as refined.
What percent of electrical energy is produced by nuclear energy?
heat energy
What kind of nuclear waste are produced by nuclear energy?
Radioactive waves
How is heat energy produced'?
Heat energy can be produced in many ways. From mechanical energy, chemical energy, electrical energy and nuclear energy.
How heat energy produced?
Heat energy can be produced in many ways. From mechanical energy, chemical energy, electrical energy and nuclear energy.
How does nuclear energy can be produced?
It does can be produced because my banana said so.
How is the sun an example of nuclear energy?
The sun's energy is produced by nuclear fusion (not fission) at the core of the sun.
