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The most important design feature here is that the reactor must have a very large negative temperature coefficient of reactivity. This will ensure that even without active human or computer control working, the reactor will automatically shut itself down long before getting hot enough to begin melting. The next most important design feature is a reliable emergency cooling system that can work even with no power available, to remove fission product radioactive decay heat once the reactor was shutdown (either actively or passively).
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What resources will you lose if you build a nuclear reactor?
Primarily Concrete and electoral votes
Why do nuclear reactors have to be located near water?
Water is used as coolant in most reactor plants to keep the reactor cool and prevent over heating. They do not necessarily need to be near a source of water; water just has to be available. However, a lot of nuclear reactors are build by a natural source of water so that the water can be used as an emergency source of coolant to keep the reactor covered with water in case of a rupture.
Would it be a good idea to build a nuclear power reactor that utilized spontaneous fission?
maybe
Who first invented nuclear reactors?
The nuclear reactor was invented in 1933 by Leo Szilard, in London, but he did not try to build one. The first functioning nuclear reactor, CP-1, was designed and built in 1942 by Enrico Fermi, in Chicago, IL.
What do you have to do to get nuclear energy?
You have to build a nuclear reactor which is an assembly of nuclear fuel and a moderator, which enables a chain fission reaction to start and continue, which releases thermal energy.
Who was the inventor of first nuclear plant?
Leo Szilard invented the nuclear reactor in 1933, but did not build it.Enrico Fermi built first nuclear reactor, CP-1 in 1942.Walter Zinn built the first nuclear power plant, EBR-1 in 1951.
Will nuclear energy be there when needed?
Provided the reactor plants are built. You have to think ahead as it takes a few years to build a plant.
What caused the exposio n in cherynobyl?
The explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986 was caused by a combination of design flaws in the reactor and operator errors during a safety test. The reactor's power surged unexpectedly, leading to a buildup of steam pressure and a steam explosion that destroyed the reactor core. This was followed by a second, more powerful explosion caused by the ignition of hydrogen released during the core meltdown.
What can cause a nuclear power plant blow up?
A steam explosion from flash evaporation of coolant water. This is what blew up Chernobyl.A chemical hydrogen/oxygen gas explosion caused by build up of hydrogen gas in the plant when water decomposes on contact with overheated zirconium fuel rod cladding.A nuclear explosion in a nuclear reactor is not possible, the fuel cannot be assembled into a supercritical mass configuration fast enough (~1ms) as this would require explosives. If the reactor core did suddenly go slightly supercritical, the energy release would simply cause a brief partial meltdown, restoring the material to a subcritical configuration. This could trigger a steam explosion that ejected parts of the reactor core (as happened at Chernobyl) but no nuclear yield would occur.
Can nuclear fuel rods overheat and explode?
Nuclear fuel rods can overheat and cause a meltdown, but they do not explode like a bomb. If the core overheats, it can lead to a release of radioactive material into the environment. These scenarios are extremely rare and are prevented through strict safety measures in nuclear power plants.
Why do scientists want to build a nuclear fusion reactor?
The expectation is that fusion reactors will provide large amounts of energy, and that they will be relatively environmentally-friendly.
Is containment the cure the to nuclear radiation in chernobyl?
yes if we build a dome around the nuclear reactor we may be able to contain the radiation but we will not be able to clean up the radiation left over already.
