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Nuclear power plants don't explode, in the style of a nuclear bomb. That particular super prompt criticality is impossible to maintain for the length of time necessary to consume the core, leading to a true, nuclear detonation.
If you are thinking about the explosions that occurred at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant, those were hydrogen gas explosions. Hydrogen gas built up as a consequence of the high temperature of the zircalloy fuel pins in contact with water. When additional water was added to help cool the fuel, the hydrogen combined with the oxygen in the water under temperature and exploded. Again, it was not a nuclear explosion.
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Why is nuclear power being used?
because it does not give out harmful products whilst it is created, except if a plant explodes.
How is a nuclear power plant safe?
How is a nuclear power plant safe?
What is a necular power plant?
A nuclear power plant is a plant [not a plant that you see in gardens or forests..] that holds mounds of electricity and power. If it ever leaks or explodes, gases can reach up from Conneticut to approximatley, Maine [as an example]. If people inhale gases from an exlosion or leak from power plants, it may cause cancer, possibly death [depending on how bad the power plant was exposed].
Can you shut down a nuclear power plant?
Yes, nuclear power plant can be shut down.
What nuclear reaction is used to the Bataan power plant?
The nuclear reaction used in the Bataan power plant is nuclear fission.
If the nuclear power plant in Japan explodes will it effect North Carolina?
Not at all
Why is nuclear power being used?
because it does not give out harmful products whilst it is created, except if a plant explodes.
What does a nuclear power plant release in he air when it expoldes?
When a nuclear power plant explodes the largest worry is that the fuel source, like Uranium or Plutonium, will be released. This in turn would release huge amounts of radiation into the surrounding area.
IF a nuclear power plant explodes and wipes out every living thing what kind of organism would be the first to colonize the radioactive area?
COCKROACHES!
What is nuclear accidents?
When a plant for nuclear power (breaking atoms in fission) explodes because of a malfunction within the pipes as the nuclear reaction takes place. It super-heats, explodes, and often shoots dangerous gases into the air for days, even weeks, that can cause radiation poisoning among other problems.
Existing nuclear power plant?
what is the existing of nuclear power plant?
How is a nuclear power plant safe?
How is a nuclear power plant safe?
What is the positive of nuclear power plant?
what is negative of the nuclear power plant
Where is the Nuclear Fission Power plant in Alaska?
There is no nuclear power plant in Alaska.
What kind of fallout will we see from a nuclear power plant?
Nuclear Fallout comes from a nuclear power plant.
Where is the method of producing electricity from a nuclear power plant used?
In a nuclear power plant
What is the name of the nuclear power plant that expoded in 1986?
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
