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If a helium cooled pebble-bed reactor driving a gas turbine can be made to work reliably, this has potential benefits through not requiring the normal water/steam circuits of a fossil fuelled or 'conventional' nuclear plant. This should make it more thermally efficient. However we wait to see a full scale prototype built and operated, until then it is premature to talk of its advantages over what is already well established, ie PWR's and BWR's.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 15y agoOne in which the fissile fuel is embedded in 'pebbles' of graphite, which are arranged effectively as a pile in the reactor vessel, so that there is a known and designed distribution of fuel and moderator. The reactor is gas cooled. Refuelling is a matter of removing used pebbles and adding new ones. Such a reactor has been built and operated on a small scale as an experiment, but not yet as a full scale commercial plant. See link below.
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∙ 13y ago•Compact system and transportable to in situ.
•Can mix organic and inorganic waste stream.
•Convert hazardous waste to useful product.
•Good waste disposal solution.
•High saving compared with incinerator
•Payback with (ROI) with in 2 years
•Reduce waste sludge by 75%
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What is a sentence for thermonuclear?
The thermonuclear devices are armed and ready.After the thermonuclear war, the Earth slowly began to die from radiation poisoning.
What are some advantages to using a fusion reactor to produce electricity?
it should be radiologically cleaner than fission
What are the three main advantages of a fusion reactor compared to a fission reactor?
Nuclear fusion reactors do not exist yet as we don't know how to build them. All nuclear reactors are nuclear fission reactors.
What advantages would a fusion reactor have over the fission reactors currently being operated?
Plenty of cheap fuel, and no radioactive waste.
How big is the reactor vessel in a boiling water reactor?
A reactor vessel in a boiling water reactor is approximately 300 tons.
What is the full form of ITER?
International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
How do bluebirds obtain their energy?
Most likely though the process of eating (or a microscopic thermonuclear reactor)
What rhymes with factor?
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What safety features do reactors have to prevent overheating?
By Reactor I assume you mean a thermonuclear reactor. Most thermonuclear reactors use Boron rods to absorb radiation. This prevents the chain reaction in the reactor (where uranium nuclei split, each split nuclei further colliding and splitting more nuclei). They steam systems (that drive the turbines) are usually heated by gas or water. That is what the big towers are - cooling towers. The water is pumped to the top of the tower, and allowed to fall under gravity. this provides contact with the air and has a similar effect to sweating. If gas cooling is used, large radiators (like those on a fridge) use convection currents to move heat away from the reactor.
What does thermonuclear dynamics mean?
Thermonuclear dynamics is the study of the forces and motion involved in thermonuclear reactions.
What sustains the sun?
Essentially the sun is a thermoNuclear furnace, a fusion reactor which is turning Hydrogen into Helium. The cycle begins when two protons collide to form a deuteron whilst also releasing a neutrino and a positron.
What is a sentence for thermonuclear?
The thermonuclear devices are armed and ready.After the thermonuclear war, the Earth slowly began to die from radiation poisoning.
When was On Thermonuclear War created?
On Thermonuclear War was created in 1960.
What are some advantages to using a fusion reactor to produce electricity?
it should be radiologically cleaner than fission
What are the three main advantages of a fusion reactor compared to a fission reactor?
Nuclear fusion reactors do not exist yet as we don't know how to build them. All nuclear reactors are nuclear fission reactors.
What is thermonuclear fusion takes place?
It simply means that thermonuclear fusion happens.
The suns heat is produced by?
thermonuclear fusion and hydrogen becoming helium... :)
