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Of the reaction in a nuclear reactor must be controlled so that it may produce heat rather than a violent explosion?
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∙ 9y ago
A nuclear reactor cannot produce a nuclear explosion under any conditions. They can however produce steam explosions and hydrogen gas explosions.
One test reactor in Idaho (BORAX-I) was actually deliberately destroyed to verify the safety of a runaway reactor:
- four of its five control rods were almost removed
- the fifth control rod was ejected with a spring, making the reactor severely supercritical
- the resulting steam explosion blew the reactor completely apart (instantly returning it to a subcritical state, preventing any possibility of a nuclear explosion)
- severe contamination existed beyond a distance of half a mile (had the reactor been enclosed in a containment building most if not all of this would have been prevented)
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What happens if a nuclear chain reaction is not controlled?
The reactor fuel would overheat, melt, and fall apart.
A loud explosion will produce?
It depends on the explosion a Nuclear bombs make a very high sound Frequency
Which nuclear reaction is used on earth to produce electricity?
Nuclear fission
Which is a disadvantage of nuclear energy?
Nuclear explosion produce radiation May create a melt down
What nuclear reaction combines gas to form helium and produce most of the suns energy?
nuclear fusion
The of the reaction in a nuclear reactor must be controlled so that it may produce heat rather than a violent explosion?
speed
does nuclear fission produce energy?
A controlled nuclear chain reaction produces heat, driving steam turbines to produce energy.
What is a device that harness a controlled nuclear chain reaction to produce useful energy?
A nuclear reactor will do what is asked here. Use the link below to the related question about what a nuclear reactor is.
What happens if a nuclear chain reaction is not controlled?
The reactor fuel would overheat, melt, and fall apart.
A loud explosion will produce?
It depends on the explosion a Nuclear bombs make a very high sound Frequency
Which nuclear reaction is used on earth to produce electricity?
Nuclear fission
How is the making of weapons different from peacetime use of nuclear energy?
Weapons are designed to explode and produce blast waves to destroy targets. Peaceful nuclear energy uses a controlled steady fission reaction to produce heat, which then is used to generate electricity
Which is a disadvantage of nuclear energy?
Nuclear explosion produce radiation May create a melt down
How can nuclear power be used to generate electricity?
Nuclear energy is produced by a controlled nuclear chain reaction and creates heat—which is used to boil water, produce steam, and drive a steam turbine. The turbine can be used for mechanical work and also to generate electricity.
Where does the sun produce heat?
From the nuclear reaction of burning hydrogen!
What nuclear reaction is currently used to produce nuclear energy in nuclear reactors?
We use nuclear fission in nuclear reactors to tap nuclear energy.
What do fission of uranium produce?
Uranium fission creates a chain reaction that initiates a chain reaction that grows exponentially into a massive conversion of the potential energy inside the uranium atom into kinetic energy in the form of an explosion - a nuclear explosion. These are the bombs that ended WW2. Today we can split H atoms, which release significantly more energy.
