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uranium. When water is heated, it causes a chain reaction that turns the uranium to plutonium.
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An energy source that heats fuel rods is?
Nuclear Fission.Generally Uranium, but some reactors use Plutonium nuclear fission.
What energy source heats fuel rods to create steam for electric generators is?
Nuclear energy from fission of U-235 and Pu-239
How do you convert nuclear to thermal energy?
This happens in the fuel rods, the energy released by nuclear fission appears initially as kinetic energy of the fission fragments, which is quickly turned into thermal energy as the fragments slow down and are stopped in the fuel. Thus the fuel rods heat up and transfer thermal energy to the coolant, which in most reactors is water but can be gas or liquid metal.
What does nuclear energy release?
It releases heat through absorption of the kinetic energy of the fragments of fission in the material of the fuel rods (talking of nuclear reactors, not weapons)
What part of the nuclear reactor is the fuel located in?
The nuclear fuel is found in the fuel rods. These fuel rods are formed into fuel bundles called fuel assemblies, and together they make up the reactor core.
An energy source that heats fuel rods is?
Nuclear Fission.Generally Uranium, but some reactors use Plutonium nuclear fission.
What energy source heats fuel rods to create steam for electric generators is?
Nuclear energy from fission of U-235 and Pu-239
What role do fuel rods play in generating energy?
Fuel rods are the nuclear fuel in a nuclear power plant. They are used to turn water to steam, which is then used to turn a turbine. They do not "generate energy", since energy cannot be created or destroyed (E=mc^2). They are used to generate electricity, or to convert nuclear energy to electric energy.
Why would people want to reprocess fuel rods from a nuclear power plant?
as it still has energy in it.
How is nuclear energy separated?
In a nuclear reactor the nuclear energy released by fission appears as heat in the fuel rods, which is then transferred to the reactor coolant (ie water in PWR and BWR)
How do you convert nuclear to thermal energy?
This happens in the fuel rods, the energy released by nuclear fission appears initially as kinetic energy of the fission fragments, which is quickly turned into thermal energy as the fragments slow down and are stopped in the fuel. Thus the fuel rods heat up and transfer thermal energy to the coolant, which in most reactors is water but can be gas or liquid metal.
What does nuclear energy release?
It releases heat through absorption of the kinetic energy of the fragments of fission in the material of the fuel rods (talking of nuclear reactors, not weapons)
How tall are the nuclear fuel rods in japan?
The nuclear fuel rods in the BWR design in Japan are about 12 feet long.
What is the next step in a nuclear reactor after nuclear fission occurs in fuel rods?
Water is pumped around the fuel rods.
How does nuclear energy get from where it is found to the nuclear power plants?
You are under a misapprehension about 'finding' nuclear energy. The uranium is found in a natural ore, mined and refined, and then made into nuclear fuel in the form of fuel rods. At this stage there is no nuclear energy being released, except for a small amount of natural radioactivity which is trivial. It is only in a nuclear reactor that a nuclear chain reaction is produced and energy is released because U-235 is being fissioned. This appears as heat in the fuel rods which is then used in a normal power plant steam cycle.
What rods housed within a nuclear reactor?
fuel rods and control rods
What are fuel rods in nuclear plants made of?
The fuel rods used in a nuclear reactor are made from uranium 235(U-235).
