No, but experiments with lasers to produce nuclear fusionare being conducted, and this technique may be used sometime in the future in a fusion nuclear reactor.
In everyday life (as most people define it) plutonium has no use. Its primary use is in making nuclear weapons. It can also be used as fuel in nuclear reactors instead of or in addition to uranium, but except for small mostly experimental reactors and the French standardized nuclear reactors for power plants these are almost nonexistent.
Nuclear fission is the working principle under which the nuclear reactors operate.
We usually find that uranium is used as fuel in nuclear reactors (though some use plutonium).
No. The heat from the reactor is used to boil water. The steam from said water is used to turn turbines which produces electricity. No, there is no combustion in a nuclear reactor. Nuclear energy does not need combustion to start it, there is no chemical process involved. It works simply by a neutron chain reaction.
Beryllium is used in nuclear reactors as a neutron reflector or moderator. It helps to slow down neutrons to increase the probability of their interaction with the nuclear fuel, promoting the chain reaction. Beryllium's ability to effectively reflect and moderate neutrons makes it a valuable material for enhancing the efficiency of nuclear reactors.
No, at least not for power reactors
Nuclear reactors use nuclear fission.
We use nuclear fission in nuclear reactors to tap nuclear energy.
In nuclear fission reactors
The use of nuclear energy
Nuclear reactors use controlled nuclear fission reactions to generate heat, which is then used to produce steam that drives turbines to generate electricity. The heat is produced in the reactor core where nuclear fuel rods containing uranium or plutonium undergo fission reactions. The reactor's cooling system helps regulate the temperature and prevent overheating.
To produce electricity
Minecraft doesn't have nuclear reactors.
They all use nuclear fission
In nuclear reactors used to generate electricity, and in many nuclear warheads.
The majority of nuclear reactors use uranium as nuclear fuel.
Nuclear reactors do not typically use periscopes. Periscopes are usually used in submarines to see above water while remaining submerged. Nuclear reactors utilize control rooms with monitoring equipment and cameras to observe and control the reactor's operations.