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In a nuclear power plant what is used to change water into steam?
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Heat from the nuclear reaction changes water to steam.
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What do humans use fission for?
One use is in nuclear power plants to produce steam and turn turbines to generate electricity.Nuclear bombs ^.^
How many people have died due to accidents and pollution from nuclear power plants compared to how many have died due to accidents and pollution from coal power plants?
There technically is no "pollution" from nuclear power, the only by product is steam. The transport and storage of spent nuclear fuel is extremely secure and safe. The only time we are in danger of nuclear radiation are if the reactor vessels that house the nuclear rods are damaged or melt....which is extremely rare and only happens with a massive failure in the chain of events that govern and sustain the supply (in theory, a deliberate attack on a power plant would also cause a spill, too. Yet, so far, that hasn't happened). In the end, thousands of people die every year from the burning of fossil fuels, where as virtually nobody dies from the use of nuclear power. Over 85 of France's power usage comes from nuclear power, after all.
How could nuclear energy be used?
Nuclear energy is simply electricity produced by a nuclear reactor, which is just a different way to heat steam to turn a turbine. It is the same as normal electricity, actually it IS normal electricity.
How nuclear energy is transform into electricity?
The nuclear substance heats water which evaporates and drives turbines which power generators.
What is the difference between combined cycle and cogeneration?
In Cogeneration Plant : The generated steam in boiler is used for both power generation & process heating, thereby reducing the condenstion losses compared to thermal power plant. In combined cycle first is gas turbine , rather than wasting the flue gas from gas turbine, we are sending it into boiler and again generating steam for running steam turbine. Both the ways we are increasing the thermal efficiency of the plant
In a nuclear power plant what is used to change water to steam?
Heat from the nuclear reaction changes water to steam.
How electricity is produced in a power plant?
In a nuclear power plant, the heat energy released from fission is used to change water into steam. the steam then turns the blades of a turbine to generate electricity.
What is the function of a nuclear reactor of a nuclear plant?
simply, the nuclear reactor is the source of heat (or steam) for the nuclear power plant.
Describe the role of steam in a nuclear power plant?
Steam in nuclear power plants is used to drive turbines for generation of kinetic energy.
What is the waste of nuclear power?
Nuclear reactors produce heat, the heat then is used to make steam, turning turbines. Therefore, the waste of a nuclear power plant is excess steam.
How is nuclear energy changed into electrical energy in a nuclear power plant?
Steam from the heat of the reactor.
Why not super heated steam used in nuclear power plant?
Actually, superheated steam is used in nuclear power plants. It is part of the goal of extracting the most energy possible from the steam cycle.
What part of a nuclear power plant produces the electricity that can be used in a home?
The steam turbines (which use the steam produced by the hot nuclear pile).
What is the goal of heating up the water in a nuclear power plant?
To provide steam to drive a steam turbine.
What is the role of the steam in a nuclear power plant?
It Powers the Huge turbine that produces electricity.
How are a fossil fuel burning power plant and a nuclear plant similar?
They both use steam turbine/generators
How do you get power from a nuclear power plant?
The controlled nuclear reaction generates large amounts of heat. That heat boils water, which creates steam. The steam turns turbine blades, and the turbine generates electricity.
