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What materials are used in nuclear power plants?
uranium, plutonnium, and not much more except chemicals.
What are the important components of a nuclear power plant?
A:The elements used in nuclear power station are radioactive elements such as thorium (Th), polonium, radium (Ra), uranium (U), etc. some moderators are also used like deuterium( isotope of hydrogen). A:The radioactive elements used for fuel in nuclear power stations must have certain important characteristics in addition to being radioactive. They need to be fissionable or fertile. There are two such elements occurring in nature, and these are uranium and thorium. Additional synthetic elements exist of this type, and the most important of these for nuclear power is plutonium. There are other complication to nuclear power, importantly that there must be a neutron source, and so, for example, uranium must be enriched to increase the number of neutrons, as its neutron source is uranium-235, which is not present in sufficient quantities in naturally occurring uranium.
How much coolant is needed in an average nuclear power station?
Depends on the amount of fuel remaining. Usually at 78% and at 780 Degrees, A Reactor requires 480 Kilo Litres of Coolant [Water] per Day.
How much water does a nuclear reactor need?
When operating, a nuclear power plant needs about 750,000 gallons of water per minute! When being shut down (as in the case of an emergency) the cooling operation requires about 25,000 gallons per minute.
How much to put up power pole and run power to a trailer in Florida?
around $500 a pole and $2 a foot about $1000 for the pole mounted transformer poles need to be less than 100' apart
How much uranium produces nuclear power?
The mass of uranium needed for a nuclear power reactor depend on the type and the power of this reactor. For a medium size reactor - 100 t.
How much uranium is need to power a nuclear power plant for eighteen months?
Depending on: - the type of the nuclear reactor - the electrical power of the nuclear reactor - the type of the nuclear fuel - the enrichment of uranium - the estimated burnup of the nuclear fuel etc.
How much uranium 235 is used in a nuclear reactor?
Depending on the type and the power of the nuclear reactor. An example; a CANDU type reactor of 700 MW need 700 kg uranium-235 and only ca. 500 kg are "burned".
How much uranium is used in power plants?
A typical large power reactor will have approx 75 tons of uranium fuel with about 1/3 of this being changed every two years
How much uranium does it take to power a city?
For an answer it is necessary to know the number of inhabitants of the city, the industries located in the city, the envisaged type of the nuclear reactor, etc.
How much is uranium dioxide worth?
Approx. 70 US $ for 1 kg of nuclear reactor grade uranium doxide (with natural uranium); the enriched uranium is more expensive, depending on enrichment.
How much energy is produced by a nuclear reactor?
For a typical fission reactor, power output can range from maybe 700 to 1000 MW (megawatts) with most modern deisgns being in the high end of that range.
How much Pu 239 is typically found a uranium sample?
A pure and fresh prepared uranium sample don't contain plutonium; only the irradiated (in a nuclear reactor) uranium contain plutonium.
Can uranium heat buildings?
indirectly, if a house gets its energy from nuclear power plant, but not in the same way as burning coal or oil- it's much to dangerous to have a little nuclear reactor in the basement.
How much plutonium is needed to run a reactor?
This depends on the type and power of the reactor; say tens of metric tons for a commercial reactor..
Why are only uranium and plutonium used in nuclear reactors?
Because these are the only two elements (isotopes: Uranium 235, plutonium 239 and plutonium 241, fissile with thermal neutrons) that have fissile isotopes which can sustain a chain reaction in conjunction with a moderator, that is in a so called thermal reactor like PWR or BWR. Uranium 238 is fissile with fast neutrons though it will not sustain a chain reaction by itself, and would only be a significant source of power in a fast reactor. In a thermal reactor it captures neutrons and forms Pu-239 which then does add to the reactor's fissile fuel. Some other transuranic elements have fissile isotopes but they are not used as it is much easier and cheaper to use uranium produced from uranium ore. Also thorium can be used in nuclear reactors as a fertile isotope.
How much power does a nuclear plant produce?
Up to 1500MWe per reactor
