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What is the maximum amount of energy a nuclear power plant can produce?
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∙ 15y ago
It depends on the power rating. A typical nuclear power plant might be rated at 1100 megawatts, so that would be 1100 megawatt-hours in one hour.
To translate that into SI units, one watt is one joule per second, so 1100 megawatts is 1.1 x 107 joules per second. Over the period of one hour, then, we are talking about 3.96 x 1010 joules.
All of this is talking about net electric energy to the electric power grid. The actual reactor core produces about three times that in thermal energy. The difference is lost in conversion efficiency between the core and the end result.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y agoEnergy out put depend on the designed reactor size, a plant of size 1,000 MW would have maximum energy output of 24,000 MWh electricity in a day or 864 GJ of energy. Nuclear power produces around 11% of the world's energy needs, and produces huge amounts of energy from small amounts of fuel, without the pollution that you'd get from burning fossil fuels.
Wiki User
∙ 15y agoI think the largest single unit yet designed produces 1600 MW electrical
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∙ 10y agoCurrently, it can produce more than 1650 MW electric (or more than 5000 MW thermal)
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What energy resources can produce the most amount of energy from the smallest amount of fuel?
Nuclear reactions.
Does the US produce the most amount of nuclear energy in the world?
The most for one country, yes
What do nuclear power plants have to do with nuclear energy?
Nuclear power plants produce electricity by using nuclear energy
How is nuclear energy used to produce electricity?
Nuclear energy, or nuclear power, uses exothermic nuclear processes to produce electricity. Nuclear power plants provide around 10% of the world's electricity.
What is one difference between using nuclear energy and biomass energy?
Nuclear energy does not produce carbon dioxide.
What energy resources can produce the most amount of energy from the smallest amount of fuel?
Nuclear reactions.
Which conventional energy resource is available in India in maximum amount?
Coal and Nuclear (Thorium )
How nuclear technologies produce enermouse amount of energy?
Nuclear fission produces energy 2.5 million times that of carbon of same mass. Nuclear fusion produces energy 400 times that of nuclear fission of same mass.
Does the US produce the most amount of nuclear energy in the world?
The most for one country, yes
Is nuclear energy and nuclear fuel different?
Nuclear fuel is the fuel used to produce nuclear energy.
Is nuclaer energy renewable?
Not exactly, but there are enormous reserves of nuclear fuel available. This is because a small amount of uranium, for example, or of deuterium, produce a large amount of energy.
What do nuclear power plants have to do with nuclear energy?
Nuclear power plants produce electricity by using nuclear energy
What Is produced in nuclear energy in power?
Nuclear power stations collect nuclear energy, and produce heat energy and electrical energy.
Why is uranium so special?
The nuclear fission of uranium-235 release a huge amount of energy.This energy can be used in nuclear reactors to produce electricity/heat or in nuclear weapons.
When generators are spun they produce nuclear energy?
No, generators produce electrical energy when they are spun. Nuclear energy produces steam which spin generators.
What is the main use of nuclear energy?
The main use of nuclear energy is to produce electricity. Nuclear energy is also used in the field of medicine and military purposes.
Particles or waves given off by atoms undergoing nuclear decay produce?
Produce a large amount of heat and energy which is utilized for many purposes
