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How many cooling towers does the Chernobyl nuclear power plant have?
I don't see any in this view. I guess it used water from a river for cooling. It is all shutdown now, so the cooling towers if they ever existed could have been demolished, but I don't remember seeing any in early photos at the time of the disaster.
Do japan nuclear plants use cooling towers?
The ones I have seen photos of don't, I think they are all located near the sea so use seawater. I suppose with the now realised danger of tsunami as well as earthquakes, this policy might change. My understanding now of the Fukushima failure is that the damage to the emergency cooling occurred due to the tsunami, not the earthquake itself.
What will nuclear energy do to the environment?
It will have very little effect. Any power station whether fossil fuel or nuclear rejects low quality heat to a cooling water source, lake, river, ocean, or the atmosphere via cooling towers, so nuclear can't be blamed for that. Other than that there is the question of nuclear waste, primarily the spent fuel. The problem here is finding a place to store it in perpetuity, or at least thousands of years. It should be possible to solve this problem with a depository at Yucca Mountain Nevada or some other place. In the meantime it is being safely stored on the power station sites.
If the nuclear power plant in palatka Florida exploded will it reach Ocala Florida?
According to Wikipedia's sources, the power plant in Palatka, Seminole Generating Station, is a coal burning power plant. It only appears to be nuclear because of the cooling towers that are iconic of nuclear power plants but can be used coal fired power plants. I would have to imagine that the blast from a coal power plant, if exploded, would not travel the 40 or so miles to Ocala.
How much water does a nuclear powerplant PWR use daily?
The leakage from the primary circuit is extremely small and there is really no water make-up required. There will be some small leakage from the secondary circuit due to steam leaks, but very little. The only large use is the cooling water used to condense the steam at the turbine LP end. This can be a continuous flow from a lake, river, or the ocean where the water is used once then rejected, or if air cooling towers are used it can be re-circulated.
Does nuclear power produce smoke?
Nothing unusual. The only thing vented into the air from a nuclear power plant is steam. Water is used in the cooling process but is only applied to the outside of containers so it never becomes mixed with any dangerous chemicals. The clean water vapor is vented out into the air. Any physical or chemical waste produced by a nuclear plant is completely enclosed and disposed of without contact with the outside air so there is no smell produced.
How is nuclear energy wasted at home?
The only nuclear energy we use in the home is through electricity, a proportion of which is produced by nuclear plants. So it amounts to how much electricity you waste, for example leaving lights on in unoccupied rooms, unnecessary heating or cooling, leaving your computer on 24/7, and so on.
Why should the number of nuclear plants be a concern in relation to tsunami's?
In many countries nuclear plants are situated on the coast, for plentiful cooling water, so these would be vulnerable to tsunamis. If flooded the back-up cooling system could be affected, so if there is a perceived risk, based on history probably, in the area of the plant, protection against flooding should be built in to that design.
What caused the nuclear reactors to explode?
The nuclear reactors did not explode. The problem was that the cooling system failed, and they overheated. Some water got so hot that it split into hydrogen and oxygen, and the hydrogen burned in the oxygen, which cause it to "pop"
Why was the Fukushima power plant so close to the ocean?
Nuclear power plants need to be near an ocean, a major river, or a lake, because they need a source of cooling water. This cooling water is used to condense steam back to water to continue the nuclear steam supply cycle, and to remove residual heat from the power plant.
Why did the people picked the twin towers to bomb?
because Osmana bin laden knew that many people where their. They knew many people worked in the towers, they knew it was a big tourists attraction so they knew that it would kill many which it did.
How is water used in nuclear energy?
When nuclear fission occurs, it heats up water which turns into steam. This steam turns a turbine, which converts mechanical energy into electrical energy. The steam is what you see coming out of the towers of a nuclear power plant. Most of the steam actually condensates before it escapes so it can be reused again to turn the turbine.
