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Nuclear fission reactors come in various forms, though the principle of using the heat from a nuclear chain reaction is always the same.
1. Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR). 2. Boiling Water Reactor (BWR). 3. Magnox gas cooled reactor (no longer built) 4. Advanced gas cooled reactor (no longer built but still in use in UK). 5. Canadian heavy water reactor (Candu) 6. Russian design of Chernobyl type.
I think this covers the most used types for power generation. There are others such as the gas cooled pebble bed reactor, and the fast breeder reactor, that are possible but designs have not been so successful and these have not been adopted commercially.
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Is all energy nuclear?
No, not all energy is nuclear. Energy exists in many forms, such as electrical, chemical, thermal, kinetic, and potential energy. Nuclear energy is a specific type of energy generated from nuclear reactions in the nucleus of atoms.
What type of energy does nuclear have?
That is called nuclear energy.
The suns energy is from what type of energy?
nuclear fusion energy
What type of energy is energy from the sun?
nuclear fusion energy
Is nuclear a kind of gas?
No, nuclear is a type of energy that is renewable.
Is a nuclear power station an example of chemical energy?
No. Nuclear energy is a type of energy that is quite different from chemical energy.
Is fission nuclear energy chemical energy or mechanical energy?
Nuclear fission is a type of nuclear reaction that converts nuclear energy into thermal energy (heat), which can then be used to generate mechanical energy (such as electricity). So, fission nuclear energy originates as nuclear energy and can be converted into mechanical energy.
What is nuclear powerd by?
Nuclear is a name given to a type of energy, these types of energy are fission and fusion.
What type of energy requires a uranium and a reactor?
Nuclear energy, because uranium is a nuclear fuel for nuclear power reactors.
What type of energy makes solar energy?
Nuclear fusion energy
What type of energy needs very little mass?
Nuclear energy is a type of energy that needs very little mass. Nuclear energy is used to generate electricity and heat.
Fission and fusion is an example of what kind of energy?
One type of atom (element or isotope) is converted to another. This is called nuclear reaction.
