0
Nuclear power stations use nuclear fuel to heat water as opposed to oil, gas or coal.
That is the basic difference.
When fissionable material breaks down it gives off heat, as well as other stuff, that heat is used to heat the water which drives the turbines to produce the electricity.
Wiki User
∙ 14y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What is the process of changing energy?
An energy change is when one form of energy changes to another form of energy. E.g chemical to kinetic.
What is nuclear energy first changed to in a Power Plant?
Thermal energy
What energy is the energy that is stored in an atoms nucleus?
If it is stored in the nucleus, it must be nuclear energy.
Nuclear energy is energy?
Yes, nuclear energy is energy.
Where does nuclear energy come from to make renewable energy work?
Nuclear energy and renewable energy are not related. Renewable energy does not use nuclear energy.
How is nuclear energy changed into electrical energy in a nuclear power plant?
Steam from the heat of the reactor.
What is changed in fireworks to create nuclear and chemical energy?
Fireworks certainly don't involve nuclear energy!
What is the process of changing energy?
An energy change is when one form of energy changes to another form of energy. E.g chemical to kinetic.
What is nuclear energy first changed to in a Power Plant?
Thermal energy
What energy transformations occur nuclear power plant?
As atoms break and forming elements having more binding energy per nucleon heat energy is released. Hence nuclear energy gets changed into heat energy Right from heat energy mechanical energy is produced This mechanical energy in the presence of magnetic field gets changed into electrical energy. So nuclear ---> heat ---> mechanical ----> electrical
Reactions generate thermal energy in a nuclear power plant as water is changed into steam?
fission
What reaction generate thermal energy in a nuclear power plant as water is changed into steam?
fission
How are chemical potential energy and nuclear energy different?
Chemical energy arises through reactions between atoms of different materials, whilst nuclear energy arises through reactions in the nucleus of the atoms. In chemical reactions the nuclei are not affected or changed.
What energy is the energy that is stored in an atoms nucleus?
If it is stored in the nucleus, it must be nuclear energy.
How is nuclear energy gather or created?
Nuclear energy is not gathered or created. There is a saying to go along with this: Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only changed in form. That saying is called the Law of the Conservation of Energy. Nuclear is a type of potential energy so this concept applies to it. There are many ways nuclear energy can be used. Lets say submarines. Most people have heard of the nuclear powered submarines. They can stay under water for a long time because they have basically unlimited energy. The submarines are powered by a nuclear reactor causing a series of nuclear reactions. The submarine uses the nuclear reactions as power. Generally it will get converted to mechanical or electrical energy (both types of Kinetic energy).
If nuclear energy is changed into another form of energy in the boiler what type of energy is this?
A nuclear reaction will liberate large amounts of heat energy. This heat is used to heat water in the boilers to produce steam. Note: Nuclear energy isn't changed into heat in the boiler. Nuclear energy generates heat in the reactor core where fission occurs. The heat is transferred into the primary coolant there. The primary coolant, which is circulated by pumps, transfers heat to turn secondary water into steam in the steam generators (boilers). From there the steam is sent down the steam lines to drive turbines.
Nuclear energy is energy?
Yes, nuclear energy is energy.
