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The meltdown of a nuclear plant by the ocean may result in a number of different things. The severity of the meltdown and the amount of radioactive material released and the area over which it spread will determine the results. What follows is difficult to predict, but we can make some guesses.
A messy clean up may be needed, or contamination may force individuals to abandon the site because it is too radioactive. It is possible that there will be casualties due to radiation sickness, and some long-term health affects to people and animals in the surrounding area. Larger areas of adjacent land may have to be evacuated and remain unihabitable for decades or more. A range of possibilities lie along the road following a reactor meltdown.
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What happens in a nuclear power plant in Bataan?
Nothing happens in the nuclear plant in Bataan. This plant was built but never operated.
What happens if a nuclear power plant does not work?
It produces no electricity
What type of reaction happens in a power plant?
Nuclear fission
Into which ocean - according to CNN on April 2 2011 - is the radioactive water leaking from the damaged nuclear plant in Japan?
Pacific ocean
What type of reaction happens in a nuclear power plant?
A nuclear fission reaction occurs in a nuclear power plant. This is the process where the nucleus of an atom is split, releasing large amounts of energy in the form of heat, which is used to generate electricity.
Where is Diablo Canyon Nuclear plant?
Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant is located in Avila Beach, California, United States. It is situated on a 750-acre site on the Pacific Ocean coastline.
Can nuclear energy kill people?
Yes it can. If a nuclear power plant melts down radioactive material is put into the atmosphere, land, water. A good example of this is in Russia where Chernobyl had a meltdown. Nothing can live there today and won't for another 100 years.
Why was the Fukushima power plant so close to the ocean?
Nuclear power plants need to be near an ocean, a major river, or a lake, because they need a source of cooling water. This cooling water is used to condense steam back to water to continue the nuclear steam supply cycle, and to remove residual heat from the power plant.
What is the function of a nuclear reactor of a nuclear plant?
simply, the nuclear reactor is the source of heat (or steam) for the nuclear power plant.
What type of reaction happens inside a nuclear plant?
A nuclear chain reaction nuclear fission
Existing nuclear power plant?
what is the existing of nuclear power plant?
What kind of nuclear plant was Chernobyl?
Chernobyl was a Nuclear Power Plant.
