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Several million degrees, hot enough to glow intensely enough in x-rays to make air opaque to visible light. This x-ray glow can be channeled to a fusion stage to set it off, that can get to several tens of millions of degrees.
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Can a nuclear reactor explode as a nuclear bomb?
Highly unlikely if not altogether impossible. In a core meltdown, you might see a steam explosion if the core melts and breaches the containment structure and hits say cooling water. But even a runaway chain reaction in a reactor would not cause a nuclear explosion like a bomb.
Is there any chance of a nuclear explosion from a nuclear power plant?
No. There is no possibility whatsoever of a nuclear power plant having a nuclear explosion. It is not physically, or even theoretically, possible for the core to be brought into a super-prompt critical geometry and held there long enough to consume enough fuel to "go nuclear".
What can prevent nuclear explosions?
The only way to stop a nuclear explosion is the disarming of the bomb either by cutting the bomb's power supply, the removal of the plutomium/uranium core or by disarming the explosive trigger.
When fuel rods in the reactor core of a nuclear power plant melt due to exposure to too much heat it is known as what?
nuclear meltdown .-. '
Has there ever been a nuclear explosion?
Yes, Hiroshima, Nagasaki were both bombed with Nuclear weaponsChernobyl was a nuclear powerplant that suffered a meltdown, and a nuclear explosionAnd there were countless Nuclear testsThere was NO nuclear explosion at Chernobyl! The explosion was a steam explosion that blew the roof off the building and maybe 1/4 of the reactor contents up in the air, all immediate debris landed within a short distance of the plant. Then the graphite moderator of the reactor core caught fire carrying radioactive smoke that dropped fallout on millions of surrounding square miles. If it had had a containment building as all US nuclear power plants are required, to the steam explosion and fire would have been completely contained with no offsite contamination!The number of nuclear tests is quite countable, see: Swords of Armageddon by Chuck Hansen.
How do you survive a nuclear explosion?
Receive treatment for radiation poisoning after you avoid the heat and force of the explosion itself
Can a nuclear reactor explode as a nuclear bomb?
Highly unlikely if not altogether impossible. In a core meltdown, you might see a steam explosion if the core melts and breaches the containment structure and hits say cooling water. But even a runaway chain reaction in a reactor would not cause a nuclear explosion like a bomb.
Is there any chance of a nuclear explosion from a nuclear power plant?
No. There is no possibility whatsoever of a nuclear power plant having a nuclear explosion. It is not physically, or even theoretically, possible for the core to be brought into a super-prompt critical geometry and held there long enough to consume enough fuel to "go nuclear".
Is the core as hot as the sun?
no, the core is were the nuclear reaction happens, this causes lots of heat and therfore, the core is hotter. :)
What are the method of controlling nuclear explosion?
nuclear explosion?
What is a core meltdown?
I guess everything melts at a certain speed, at about 1 mile of ice per hour. The chain reaction of nuclear particles gets out of control and carries on until the heat produced melts the metal of the place where the reaction is taking place and radiation is let out with an explosion.
What are the forms of energy most commonly released when matter is converted into energy in a nuclear explosion?
Heat and Light
What happened some years ago in Russia from nuclear explosion?
When and what explosion? One of the nuclear test shots. If so which?Remember Chernobyl was not a nuclear explosion, it was a steam explosion and graphite fire.
Why the inner core is hot?
From incredible pressures, residual accretion heat, and nuclear reactions. == ==
What gives heat and light to all the planets?
Nuclear Fusion and Fission from the Suns' core.
What is the main source of heat in the earth's core?
The heat in the inner core is the result of several different sources. Some of these are: residual heat from the creation of the planet; heat caused by nuclear decay; friction; magnetic and tidal effects.
What creates the heat and light in a star?
Nuclear fusion, in the star's core.Nuclear fusion, in the star's core.Nuclear fusion, in the star's core.Nuclear fusion, in the star's core.
