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What is the method for separating the electrical generator from nuclear reaction?
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∙ 13y ago
The nuclear reactions release neutrons. These are trapped in a moderator, which slows them down by collisions, and this energy shows up as heat. Hence the name "boiling water reactor". Just ordinary heat as in steam. The steam is used to run a turbine, to which is atached the traditional generator.
[Some of the neutron's energy is used in the fuel rod to generate more free neutrons by collisions. The free neutrons have a half-life of about 10 minutes before splitting into a proton and an electron, plus a release of binding energy.]
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