0
Never a nuclear reactor is used in airplanes. However, it is used in submarines.
Wiki User
∙ 9y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Would a nuclear reactor explode if there were no people?
Never ever
What is Reactor number four?
The #4 reactor is the reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (Pripyat, Ukraine) that exploded on April 26, 1986. It is still the worst nuclear accident to ever take place anywhere.
What year was nuclear power developed?
The first ever reactor was in 1942, but not power producing. The first electric power producing reactor was in the UK in 1956
The only meltdown in a nuclear reactor to ever happen in the US happen where?
Three Mile Island
Did a nuclear plant ever exploded in the US?
No, but the reactor at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania had a near melt-down. Nuclear plants don't explore. They have meltdowns.
What are the dangers if a nuclear reactor explodes?
The main one is disbursal of its radioactive contents into the environment. The fallout from this has the potential to be much worse than the fallout from nuclear weapons, as the amount of material inside the reactor that can be disbursed is far larger than the fallout that can be generated by any nuclear weapon ever deployed.
What causes the Japanese nuclear reactor failure?
one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded followed by a tsunami that disabled the backup diesel generators.
Why does the sun create more heat than a nuclear bomb or nuclear reactor?
Because of the size of the sun, there is not enough chemicals on earth to compare to what the sun holds, besides no one has ever gone to the sun to do research on it.
What are the functions of the deuterium and tritium atoms in nuclear reactors?
All current nuclear reactors are fission reactors, tritium has no function in a fission reactor, in standard water moderated reactors deuterium also has no function, in heavy water moderated reactors deuterium is the moderator. If we are ever able to make a fusion reactor, deuterium/tritium mix will be used as fuel.
How reliable is the nuclear as a form of energy?
Once the nuclear power plant has been built and put into service, nuclear power is very reliable, it is only dependent on how reliable the plant's equipment is, things like pumps, instruments, turbines, and so on. The reactor itself hardly ever fails.
What step was taken to insure the nuclear reactor was safe in chernobyl?
The RBMK reactors at Chernobyl were probably the most unsafe reactors ever designed and built. They should never have been built.
Why can't nuclear reactor in Japan be used ever again?
The worst damaged reactor would require complete demolition and rebuilding to repair it and the levels of radiological contamination in the area are unsafe for such work and of a nature as to make cleanup impractical. The best course of action at this time is encapsulation of the reactor to prevent further contamination of the surrounding area (much like at Chernobyl).
