A heavy nucleus is split by a neutron which can pass the Coloumb barrier because of its lack of electrical charge. Nuclear fission releases energy . During each fission reaction some mass is converted to energy with accordance to E=mc2 The heat energy is usually carried by the fission products. It heats water or another moderator (eg. carbon dioxide) which is then used to heat water to turn it to steam, which drives a turbine which drives a generator which produces electricity because of electromagnetic induction. On average, each fission event releases approx. 200 MeV of energy, while most oxidation reactions (eg. burning fossil fuels) release only few eV per event.
200 MeV = two hundred million eV
eV = 1.60217653(14)×10−19 J
Nuclear fusion releases energy by binding light nuclei together, rather than separating them. It is vital to notice that only fusion of light nuclei is exothermic (it releases energy), while fusion of heavy nuclei is endothermic (it "consumes" energy).
Fusion also releases energy. It is even more energetic than fission, but harder to achieve. It occurs naturally in stars.
Nuclear power.
Nuclear energy is used to produce power in nuclear power plants. Fission in the reactors produces heat, which is typically used to boil water. The steam powers a turbine, which drives a generator to produce electrical power. The power is put on the electrical power grid, where it is used by business, industrial and residential customers.
Fuel rods are the nuclear fuel in a nuclear power plant. They are used to turn water to steam, which is then used to turn a turbine. They do not "generate energy", since energy cannot be created or destroyed (E=mc^2). They are used to generate electricity, or to convert nuclear energy to electric energy.
A nuclear reactor contains a nuclear reaction, provides support for the control mechanisms for the reaction, and provides for the transfer of heat to machinery that will use it to produce electric power.
It turns the pressure energy into kinetic energy that moves the rotors electric generators to produce electricity
Nuclear power stations collect nuclear energy, and produce heat energy and electrical energy.
No, generators produce electrical energy when they are spun. Nuclear energy produces steam which spin generators.
The sun produce light and nuclear energy
Yes.
To produce electricity
Yes, nuclear energy is the electricity generated by nuclear power plants through nuclear reactions. Nuclear fuel, on the other hand, is the material such as uranium or plutonium that undergoes fission to produce the energy in nuclear power plants.
We use nuclear fission in nuclear reactors to tap nuclear energy.
A controlled nuclear chain reaction produces heat, driving steam turbines to produce energy.
In a nuclear power plant, nuclear energy is transformed into heat energy through nuclear fission. This heat energy is then used to produce steam, which drives turbines connected to generators to produce electricity. So, the energy transformation in a nuclear power plant is from nuclear energy to heat energy to electrical energy.
Nuclear power plants are designed to convert nuclear energy into heat energy. This heat energy is then used to produce steam, which drives turbines connected to generators to produce electricity.
The main use of nuclear energy is to produce electricity. Nuclear energy is also used in the field of medicine and military purposes.
Nuclear energy is used to produce electrical energy, but there is no direct relationship