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Most are lightwater moderated and cooled, these are the PWR and BWR. There also a substantial number of heavy water reactors, based on CANDU, and gas cooled reactors mainly now in the UK.
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What type of nuclear reaction is used in modern day nuclear reactors?
Current nuclear reactors rely on nuclear fission as their nuclear reaction.
How much co2 emission does a nuclear power plant give off?
None, that is for water type reactors, PWR and BWR.
Where is nuclear energy being used now?
All around the world! In the United States alone there are 104 nuclear reactors producing around 20% of our electricity. Large power reactors are used to produce electricity for the public. Smaller reactors are used to make radioisotopes for medical treatments and for research into physics. Naval reactors provide propulsion for submarines and ships.
What is the most dangerous type of energy?
Nuclear is the most dangerous type of energy
Are nuclear reactors more dangerous than any other type of energy resorce?
No, coal fired plants send huge amounts of uranium oxides up their stacks.
What type of nuclear reaction is used in modern day nuclear reactors?
Current nuclear reactors rely on nuclear fission as their nuclear reaction.
What type of energy requires a uranium and a reactor?
Nuclear energy, because uranium is a nuclear fuel for nuclear power reactors.
What element is put into nuclear reactors?
In fission reactors (by far the most common type), uranium, plutonium and thorium can be used. In fusion reactors (much less common, most are simply prototypes still being tested), hydrogen (or the isotopes deuterium or tritium) or helium can be used.
Used in nuclear reactors for energy?
radioactive element like uranium, plutonium......etc depends which type of nuclear reactor.
Who uses nuclear energy?
French, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Germans, British and Dutch are just a few using this type of energy. Search the internet for the List of nuclear reactors this is a comprehensive annotated list of all the nuclear reactors of the world.
What is a type of resource?
Thorium is a fertile material for nuclear power reactors. But at a long therm is non-renewable.
How many nuclear reactors are there in Australia?
there are no nuclear reactors in Australia hopfuly the are none!
Where does fission occour?
Nuclear fission occurs in fission reactors, a type of nuclear reactor, and in fission bombs, more commonly knows as atomic bombs.
What are graphite's uses?
Graphite is a pure form of coal or carbon. It is a good conductor of heat and electrcity. It is used as a neutron moderator in nuclear reactors of type Gas Cooled reactors.
What type of a resource is Thorium?
Thorium is a fertile material for nuclear power reactors. But at a long therm is non-renewable.
Fuel for nucleur reactors?
Uranium, plutonium or thorium (for fission reactors, by far the most common type).
Does Romania use more nuclear power than France?
No, France has much more nuclear capacity, as well as a much larger total electricity demand. Romania - 2 reactors, Candu type, 1,310 MWe output France - 59 reactors, PWR type, 63,000 MWe output
