Fission is the splitting of an atom, fusion is the joining of 2 atoms into one. In most fission, neutrons are bomabarded at the nucleus of uranium or plutonium and this causes a ripple effect of more neutons being released from the fuel. The process generates large amounts of heat which is either used for destruction or steam engines. Fusion most often occurs with 2 Hydrogens being fused together to form helium. Deuterium (Hydrogen with a neutron and proton instead of just a proton) and tritium (one proton and two neutrons) are high energy atoms that are used in testing nuclear fusion. Our star (the sun) is based, like most stars, on Hydrogen being fused to generate heat and Helium.
Fission is spliting and Fusion is combining.
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Few specifics have been supplied by Matt Groening regarding the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. The nuclear assembly was cited as a Fissionator 1952 Slow-Fission Reactor, but beyond that, we can only guess. It presents all the appearances of the pressurized water reactor plant with which we are somewhat familiar, as these are the most common types in the US.
Factors-what does this mean? factors affecting location of a nuclear plant
No he doesn't. He works/worked as the creator of the Simpson's. Why do you think he works at a nuclear power plant?
nuclear power plant
The difference is in the name; nuclear power plants produce electricity via a nuclear reaction producing head to turn a turbine, whereas coal fired power plants burn coal to produce the same efffect.
We don't yet know how to use fusion in a power plant. All nuclear power plants use fission only. Fusion is much harder, but will be better if we can figure it out.
the sun is powered by fusion, the power plant by fission
The Sun get it power by nuclear FUSION not by nuclear fission.
No, they rely on fission. Controlled fusion is the holy grail of nuclear power.
There is very little similarity between present day power plants which use nuclear fission, and any possible nuclear fusion plant of the future
Nuclear power is produced through two processes: Nuclear Fission and Nuclear Fusion.
There is no nuclear power plant in Alaska.
Fission of usually Uranium
Fusion produces no radioactive waste, and can yield a constant flow of energy instead of in nuclear fission where a nuclear power plant must be refueled and closed for 40-100 days out of the year.
The mass defect due to fission or fusion converts to energy according to the equation: E = m c 2
Fusion power is the power generated by the nuclear fusion processes. Fusion power is a primary area of researc in plasma physics. For example, the sun is a natural fusion reactor.
Nuclear fission