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the sun is powered by fusion, the power plant by fission

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Q: What is the difference between the sun's energy and a nuclear power plant?
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What is the difference between nuclear reactor and nuclearpower plant?

a nuclear reactor converts binding energy into heat. a nuclear power plant uses a nuclear reactor to generate electricity.


What are the difference between fission and nuclear?

That's like asking what is the difference between a potato and a plant. Nuclear fission is the splitting of atoms to release binding energy. Nuclear is the overall concept that structure and energy of the atom is contained within the nucleus.This answer assumes, by virtue of the category the question was placed in, that the intended topic is nuclear physics, and not biology, to which it could just have as easily been applied.


What is the difference between a nuclear power plant and an oil power plant?

The source of the thermal energy is obviously completely different, but the steam side, turbo-generator, etc is very similar.


What produces energy for a nuclear power plant?

The energy source for a nuclear power plant is the fissioning of nuclear fuel, which is normally uranium.


Can nuclear energy work with other forms of energy?

Nuclear energy is converted to electrical energy in a nuclear power plant.


Where is nuclear power stored?

Nuclear energy is a type of potential energy, which depends on the forces between the nucleons (protons and neutrons). In other words, the energy is stored in the relationship between the particles.


Nuclear power plant are designed to convert nuclear energy into what type of energy?

Electrical energy


Why is a power plant an example of nuclear energy?

There are different types of "power plant". Some run on nuclear energy, others don't.


The main difference between the fungi kingdom and the plant kingdom is what?

The main difference between the fungi and plant kingdoms is that fungi absorbs energy from other plants


How is nuclear energy changed into electrical energy in a nuclear power plant?

Steam from the heat of the reactor.


What produces nuclear energy everyday?

A commercial nuclear power plant


What type of energy does a nuclear power plant create?

nuclear energy?It should be any way~(=w=)