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Nuclear power plants are self starting because there is always a small number of fissions taking place in the uranium fuel, so as soon as the reactor is made critical by withdrawing the control rods the chain reaction starts.
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Does Malaysia have nuclear power plants?
No it doesn't having Nuclear powere station The correct answer would be 'currently' Malaysia does not have any nuclear power plants but the government has announced the plan to build 2 nuclear power plants by 2020. As Malaysia has been heavily reliant on gas (around 60%) and coal (30%) the government would like to diversify the energy production and start using nuclear energy as the power generation for the rising electricity demand since it is cheaper in comparative. To produce 1,000 megawatts for one year 20 million tonnes of coal are need whereas only 30 tonnes of uranium are needed. I think this is a sufficient answer; Malaysia will have two nuclear power plants within the next decade or so.
Where can nuclear energy source be obtained?
Nuclear energy is found in nuclear power plants and in stars like the sun.
What has the author David Eli Lilienthal written?
David Eli Lilienthal has written: 'Big business: a new era' -- subject(s): Big business, Industrial Trusts 'Atomic energy, a new start' -- subject(s): Government policy, Nuclear energy, Nuclear industry, Nuclear power plants 'Min zhu yu she ji' -- subject(s): Tennessee Valley Authority 'Change, hope and the bomb' -- subject(s): Nuclear disarmament, Nuclear energy, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
When did the us start using nuclear energy?
The USA started using nuclear energy in 1951
How do you start a debate about nuclear energy?
If you have a group of people together, start off by saying how much you approve of nuclear power, how much it benefits the earth, and how it should be expanded. This should provoke some discussion.
What are the many types of energy that start with N?
nuclear energy
What fuel is used in nuclear power plants?
A nuclear reactor is a device to initiate, control, and sustain a nuclear chain reaction. Nuclear power is energy produced from controlled nuclear reactions. When it comes to just standard fuel across the table it would have to be: Plutonium, Uranium, and Thorium.
What do you have to do to get nuclear energy?
You have to build a nuclear reactor which is an assembly of nuclear fuel and a moderator, which enables a chain fission reaction to start and continue, which releases thermal energy.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of nuclear fission?
The positive aspects of nuclear fission are: it is an energy source which uses fuels which will last for a long time. It can produce a large amount of energy from a small energy input. It produces very little carbon emissions. It is often considered to be better for the environment than coal power plants. It produces more energy than coal power plants and most other energy sources.
What kind of energy conversions takes place in a nuclear bomb explosion?
Nuclear mass --> energy conversion is most of it. Conventional explosives start it.
What are some news on nuclear energy?
In the UK the government announced recently a programme of building new nuclear power stations. Interested suppliers are invited to submit plans for consideration. Building might start by 2011.
What year did it nuclear energy start?
Commercial use for electricity, in 1956
