The sun uses nuclear fusion to create energy, and nuclear power plants use nuclear fission to create energy. Fusion and fission are different, but they are both nuclear processes. They involve the manipulation of atomic nuclei, and because relatively huge amounts of energy are associated with these structures (the nucleui of atoms), lots of energy can result from the fusion or fission of even a small amount of material.
They both use the conventional Rankine cycle for the steam turbine. In the BWR this is modified somewhat by using a direct reactor/turbine cycle, but still the generation side of the plant is very much the same. Conventional coal fired plants can achieve a higher steam temperature than the PWR or BWR can, so their thermodynamic efficiency is better.
Both are similar in that they use steam to turn the steam turbines that consequently turn the generators to produce electricity.
The heat required in a hydropower plant is used to produce this steam from water is obtained either in:
or in
So, the difference between the two power plants is in source of heat used to produce the steam.
Yes, the conventional explosives would trigger an explosion of the conventional explosives inside the nuclear bomb which would blow apart the nuclear components of the nuclear bomb, causing significant alpha emitter radiological contamination but no nuclear yield.
In breeder nuclear fission more fuel is produced than what consumed. In conventional nuclear fission less fuel is produced than what is consumed.
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Nuclear fusion. A tiny amount of mass is also annihilated and released as energy (used in the "hydrogen bomb", and currently the focus of intense research to create usable energy for domestic and industrial use, in place of energy derived in conventional nuclear power stations involving fission of heavy elements, as was also used in the original "atom bomb").
Yes, the conventional explosives would trigger an explosion of the conventional explosives inside the nuclear bomb which would blow apart the nuclear components of the nuclear bomb, causing significant alpha emitter radiological contamination but no nuclear yield.
The differences between a nuclear family and a extended family is... an extended family has cousin's and grandparents, and a nuclear family has a mother, a father, and their children. But the similarities are they are all family. Nina, age 10 (I like puppies!)
Sizewell nuclear power stations was created in 1995.
A bomb can be either conventional or nuclear.
nuclear waste
In breeder nuclear fission more fuel is produced than what consumed. In conventional nuclear fission less fuel is produced than what is consumed.
India has 19 nuclear power stations all together.
No, there are no nuclear power stations in Ireland.
Nuclear power stations.
Fossil fuels are not used in nuclear power stations. Nuclear fuel is used (uranium)
Nuclear Power is used in power stations to produce electricity
Nuclear waste.