The heat energy resulting from nuclear fission is used to produce steam that spins the turbine.
nuclear fission
Splitting of atomic nuclei, also known as nuclear fission, is a nuclear reaction in which the nucleus of an atom is split into smaller parts. This process releases a significant amount of energy in the form of heat and radiation. Nuclear fission is used in nuclear power plants and nuclear weapons.
It is called nuclear chain fission reaction.
I currently use nuclear fusion.
A nuclear fission power plant does this, there are 104 operating in the US. These are all light water moderated ones, PWR or BWR. These are the most used types in the world, but there are also heavy water reactors (Candu) and AGR gas cooled reactors.
A nuclear power plant does not directly provide the energy to spin a turbine. In a nuclear power plant, nuclear fission generates heat, which is then used to produce steam that spins a turbine to generate electricity.
To turn the generators.
Nuclear power plants use steam to turn a turbine that is connected to a generator. The steam is produced by heat generated from the nuclear fission process within the reactor. As the steam passes through the turbine, it causes the blades to spin, which in turn rotates the generator to produce electricity.
In a nuclear power plant, the turbine is turned by steam produced by the heat generated from nuclear fission in the reactor core. The steam drives the turbine which then rotates a generator to produce electricity.
Nuclear Fission Energy is energy that is produced using fissionable elements. The most common is Uranium. Fission energy involves the fission heating water and turning a turbine, much like coal.
Nuclear fission generally produces a lot of energy. In a nuclear power plant, this energy is used to create steam to turn a turbine and generate electricity.
It can't as nobody has figured out how to make a fusion reactor.
Nuclear power is the use of sustained Nuclear fission to generate heat and do useful work. Heat from nuclear fission boils water to make steam, which pushes a turbine. The turbine generates electricity using a magnet through a process called electromagnetic induction.
The fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor goes into a chain reaction of nuclear fission. This happens because atoms of some isotopes in the fuel undergo spontaneous fission, producing neutrons, which cause other atoms to undergo fission, and so on. The fission produces a lot of heat. The heat is typically used to boil water, which is used to turn a turbine. And finally, the turbine turns a generator to make electricity.
In a nuclear power plant, heat is created by nuclear fission. In nuclear fission, a uranium atom is split, and incredible heat, light, and radioactive energy is released. The heat is used to boil water, and the steam from that water turns a turbine which produces electricity.
Nuclear fuel - uranium - gets hot and brings water to boil. The steam makes a turbine spin, and the turbine makes an electric generator spin. Electricity from the generator is fed out onto the grid and into peoples homes.
The part of a power plant where fission takes place is called the nuclear reactor. This is where nuclear reactions, such as fission, occur to generate heat that is used to produce electricity. This heat is then used to heat water and produce steam that drives a turbine connected to a generator.