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In a nuclear power plant, the nuclear reactors are (generally) fission reactors that split atoms (of nuclear fuel) through a continuous, controlled neutron chain reaction. The primary useful product of a nuclear reactor is heat. The heat is used to generate steam that will drive steam turbines to generate electric power. Reactors are also used to produce nuclear material that is then applied to medicine or to make sources for radiography (x-ray pictures of welds and stuff) and other applications. There are other applications, like the generation of plutonium which is used for weapons or fuel for other reactors. Most reactors are designed, constructed and used to generate electric power. These reactors are set up to deliver large quantities of heat that is used to produce steam. This steam is used to drive steam-driven turbines, which generate electricity. There is a ton of information about the types of reactors and the applications to which they are put available from our friends at Wikipedia. A link is provided.
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How does nuclear reactor works to produce electricity?
how electricity is produced in a nuclear reactor
What is needed to produce nuclear energy?
The nuclear fuel either loaded in adedicatednuclear reactor or in an atomic bomb
Is Australia nuclear free?
There is a small reactor at Sydney used to produce radioisotopes. No power reactors.
How is heat released during an atomic reaction used to produce electricity in a nuclear reactor?
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How did nuclear reactor change the world in 1942?
The first reactor in 1942 showed that it would work, and larger ones were built at Hanford Wa to produce plutonium for the A-bomb
How does nuclear reactor works to produce electricity?
how electricity is produced in a nuclear reactor
What is the purpose a nuclear reactor?
To produce heat.
What is the main use of nuclear reactor?
To produce electricity
What is the only thing that a nuclear reactor can do?
Produce heat (energy) from nuclear fission.
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.
How are breeder reactors and nuclear reactor different?
The breeder reactor produce more fissile fuel than what is consumed while this is not the case for other nuclear reactors.
What is needed to produce nuclear energy?
The nuclear fuel either loaded in adedicatednuclear reactor or in an atomic bomb
How much power does a nuclear plant produce?
Up to 1500MWe per reactor
What is a use for Uranium fuel?
The use is to produce electricity from a nuclear reactor plant
What is the Japanese Nuclear Reactor?
A Nuclear Reactor.
What are feeder reactors?
Probable you think to a breeder reactor; this type of nuclear reactor produce more fissile material than it consumes.
What is the functions of a nuclear reactor?
Usually to provide thermal power in order to produce electricity, sometimes to produce radioisotopes
