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Which nuclear reaction is currently used to generate electrical energy?
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The fission of uranium 235, which produces heat
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What is the difference in a nuclear power plant and a nuclear bomb?
A nuclear power plant uses a slow, controlled nuclear chain reaction to heat water and generate electricity. A nuclear bomb uses a very rapid uncontrolled nuclear chain reaction in order to generate a massive explosion.
A generator is not required to generate electrical energy when what energy sources is used solar wind nuclear hydroelectric?
Hydro electrical
Nuclear power plants generate electricity from?
Radioactivity more precisely fission chain reaction
Example of thermal to electrical energy?
Thermocouples directly convert thermal into electrical energy by using two unlike alkaline metals and having them react. There are indirect conversions as well, such as coal and nuclear power plants. The coal is burned to boil water which then uses the steam to turn turbines. Nuclear power plants are similar, except they use a nuclear reaction to generate heat to boil water.
A fission nuclear power plant uses what kind of reaction to generate heat?
The fission of U-235 and Pu-239
Which nuclear reaction is currently used to generate electricity?
It is a lot more complicated than this, but to give you an example, here is one nuclear reaction that is used to generate electricity. 235U + neutron --> 236U --> 89Kr + 144Ba + 3 neutrons + 177 MeV
What is the difference in a nuclear power plant and a nuclear bomb?
A nuclear power plant uses a slow, controlled nuclear chain reaction to heat water and generate electricity. A nuclear bomb uses a very rapid uncontrolled nuclear chain reaction in order to generate a massive explosion.
How is fission reaction used to generate nuclear power?
the atoms split and cause a chain reaction
What process releases the energy that is used in nuclear power plants to generate electrical energy?
It is nuclear fission
Where does the sun generate its energy?
a nuclear reaction from the all of hydrogen in the sun
What is the name of the process that nuclear power stations use to generate power?
Nuclear Reaction: A Nuclear reaction in the nuclear core generates great amounts of energy in the form of heat. This energy is used to heat up water to steam to drive a steam turbine engine which generates rotary motion to a shaft which is mechanically connected to turn an Alternator which generates the electrical power.
A generator is not required to generate electrical energy when what energy sources is used solar wind nuclear hydroelectric?
Hydro electrical
How many other coal plants would it take to replace nuclear plants?
Depends on the amount of electrical energy they (need to) generate. How much does the average nuclear plant generate ? How much does the average coal plant generate ?
What nuclear reaction is currently used to produce nuclear energy in nuclear reactors?
We use nuclear fission in nuclear reactors to tap nuclear energy.
Name a nuclear process in which a huge amount of energy is released and which can be used to generate electrical energy in power stations?
Nuclear fission
What reaction generate thermal energy in a nuclear power plant as water is changed into steam?
fission
Nuclear power plants generate electricity from?
Radioactivity more precisely fission chain reaction
