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The present nuclear units in the US go up to 1100 MWe, larger ones are planned, up to 1600MWe. So coal plants are somewhat similar, but on one site you could have several units so making a larger total. Most nuclear sites have two units.
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Where is the closest nuclear power plant to Dallas?
Comanche Peak, 40 miles SW of Fort Worth. See link below (Unit 2 similar)
Is nuclear energy exhaustible?
Fission nuclear power depends on uranium which is found in ore deposits, but clearly there is only a certain amount on Earth, so it is not renewable - current (admittedly rough) estimates are that we have several hundred years worth of usable uranium. Fusion power uses hydrogen isotopes; given the amount available through processing water from the Earth's oceans, it is effectively inexhaustible (meaning, there are several billions of years worth of hydrogen to be obtained from the Earth's oceans, which is longer than the remaining lifespan of the Earth).
How much is plutonium worth?
Approx. 4ooo US $ per gram for nuclear weapons quality plutonium; the price for nuclear reactors grade plutonium is lower.
What temperature does hydrogen turn into helium?
10 million degrees with a football field worth of hydrogen under a lot of pressure the process is called nuclear fusion
What technology is used to produce nuclear energy?
When nuclear power started to be considered for electricity production there were three serious contenders in the slow (ie moderated) category: graphite, heavy water, and light water. In the UK, the use of natural uranium was preferred, and was also seen as a route to getting plutonium without the high costs of gaseous diffusion of uranium for enrichment. Heavy water was not available in quantity so graphite and carbon dioxide cooling was the adopted route, giving the magnox design. This was later developed into the AGR design using enriched uranium in oxide form, allowing higher gas temperature and efficiency. These reactors were quite successful eventually, but turned out to be very expensive to build and have reached the end of the line, I don't think any more will ever be built. In Canada heavy water could be produced with cheaper hydro power, and the Candu type was developed, again with natural uranium. In th US, which had a good start in uranium gaseous diffusion in the Manhattan Project, the possibility of building small enriched uranium reactors to go in submarines was the main incentive to developing the PWR. Thse later transmuted to large central power station designs. Also the BWR was developed in parallel. These two types now are the most built world wide. The principles are much the same as they were 40 years or more ago, the main advances have been in making the plants more reliable and easier to operate, and adding extra safety features. There are many other possible reactors: fast breeders with liquid metal coolant, helium cooled with gas turbines and pebble bed fuel, thorium fuel, and others, but I don't think any have commercial appeal to companies that are only interested in pumping out electricity, so it is unlikely any of these will be built unless Government feels it worth investing in prototypes, and with the financial state of affairs as it is now this seems very unlikely, whilst there is no shortage of uranium for PWR's and BWR's.
Does Fort Worth have a nuclear power plant 50 miles from it or in it?
See the NRC website www.nrc.gov for a map of all US nuclear power plants, including Texas
What type of power resource is used in Mexico?
Most common are oil-powered thermal power stations; there are also some coal-powered and nuclear-powered stations (Mexico has two nuclear reactors worth 1.4 GW). There are also geothermal power plants and hydroelectric plants. Wind and solar power are growing in importance, but are still uncommon.
Where is the closest nuclear power plant to Dallas?
Comanche Peak, 40 miles SW of Fort Worth. See link below (Unit 2 similar)
What is Robert plants net worth?
I would say close to 220 million.
How much is the Cabbagepult worth on Plants vs Zombies?
Cabbagepult cost 100 suns to plant.
Can power plants store the amount of electricity for a month?
No, the only current type of power plant that could do this is a special variant of hydroelectric plant that when there is excess energy on the grid can use it to pump water back up into the reservoir for storage until demand rises. However the only ones I know of only have excess reservoir capacity to store a few days worth of energy, but not a month.
What is new zealands stance towards nuclear energy?
New Zealand decided some time ago that it could forgo the 'benefits' of generating electricity from nuclear energy. We have plentiful sources of hydro available for generation. Indeed, recently Contact Energy, one of the large generating companies, decided to forgo any further developments on the Clutha River (Mata au). Wind energy is plentiful at these latitudes (c45o) and can be located close to the demand locations. So hydro power is less attractive.Part of the bias against nuclear power, is that the feedstock supplies and the disposal of waste were not worth the problem.[Remember the big push for nuclear energy in US and Europe, was not because of the power produced - the interest was almost completely in the Uranium and Plutonium produced for nuclear weapons. The power was a by-product.Once sufficient plants were built to meet the military demands, the nuclear power constructions came to an almost complete halt.]
Why is nuclear energy worth discussing?
Because it is an important part of electricity production, and more new plants are planned. Much public opinion is against this, so it needs to be discussed.
What is Robert plant worth?
Robert Plant's net worth is $170 million.
What are the advantages of plants reproducing?
Well, if a plant is rare, then reproducing will help keep the plant species going for years of study. Also, if a plant has been around for thousands of years(or more) then they are definitely worth reproducing for biologists and botanists to study. We can learn many things from plants like how they stay alive through the ice age or why and how they live wherever they live, and sometimes plants can even help with medicine. I know my family keeps an aloe vera plant on our counter for burns.
how much is a plant worth?
Because the flamethrower plant is a rare species, it is worth $120 for a small grown plant $800 for a fully grown plant
How much less pollutants does nuclear fusion emit compared to the burning of fossil fuels?
The answer depends on what you call pollutants. Natural gas, which is rather clean and contributes mostly carbon dioxide to the global warming problem, can be made 65% efficient when a gas turbine is used to generate electricity and waste heat is used to heat buildings. This is about as well as fossil fuels can do. By comparison, nuclear power produces no carbon dioxide at the reactor. It nonetheless has a carbon footprint in the mining, refining, transportation and enrichment of fuel. Its carbon footprint has to include carbon emissions from construction of the plant, and from decommissioning the plant. Carbon emissions connected to dealing with long-term waste are unknown. Nevertheless, when all this is considered, the carbon footprint of nuclear power appears to be about 40% of the highly efficient gas-powered plant mentioned. (Nuclear plants would be useful to heat buildings, but they are never built in cities.) This would seem to speak strongly in favor of nuclear power, but it does not take into consideration the possibility of nuclear disaster, which can be extremely costly environmentally (estimates for the Chernobyl disaster go as high as a trillion 1995 dollars worth of Ukrainian real estate - of course this is economic, not environmental), and also does not consider the fact that nuclear waste will have to go into storage that will be known to be safe for over a million years before its radioactivity is down to the accepted limit of being equal to that of naturally occurring uranium ore. Radioactivity is always damaging to life in any quantity, the question is what we are going to allow - remember it occurs naturally, so we have to allow some.
