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Explain the working principle of a nuclear reactor?
Nuclear fission is the working principle under which the nuclear reactors operate.
What is Percentage of nuclear power plants that use nuclear fusion?
Currently, there are no nuclear power plants that use nuclear fusion for commercial energy production. Fusion has not yet been achieved at a sustained, commercial scale for power generation. Most nuclear power plants currently use nuclear fission.
What does Nuclear Fusion have to do with stars?
The stars produce their heat from nuclear fusion reactions. Work on earth to produce controllable nuclear fusion is concentrating on one particular reaction, between deuterium and tritium, because it is the easiest to get going (though hard enough!). Stars operate with other reactions but all of the nuclear fusion type. You can read more in Wikipedia 'Nuclear fusion'
Is nuclear fusion often used as an energy source in power plants?
No. Not presently. Existing power plants only use nuclear fission. Nuclear fusion is, due to technological difficulties, the greatest of which is confinement, at least 50 to 100 years away, barring some amazing discovery, of which I cannot presently conceive, given the current state of technology. When the fusion reaction (D + T) occurs energy is released mainly in neutrons. Somehow these neutrons must be absorbed into some material which would then get hot and be able to do work. This engineering aspect has not been solved to my knowledge.
What are the risks of nuclear fusion?
The main disadvantage of fusion is that no scientists have been able to contain a fusion reaction long enough for there to be a net energy gain, but nuclear fission is already producing 11% of the worlds energy needs.The atomic bomb.
What date did the first fusion generator operate?
The first work on nuclear fusion was performed in 1933 by Ernest Rutherford. The first nuclear fusion "reactor" was built in 1947 by teams in the UK and USSR. To this day no nuclear fusion "reactor" has been able to produce more energy than had to be put into it to get the reaction started, despite many different experiments on many different designs.
Explain the working principle of a nuclear reactor?
Nuclear fission is the working principle under which the nuclear reactors operate.
Does nuclear reactors contain uranium-235?
It really depends on the nuclear reactor, but many are built to work specifically with that isotope.
How long does it take for puriclean to work?
nuclear fusion reaction
When was the first nuclear reactor built?
The first demonstration nuclear reactor was built in USA by Enrico Fermi in Chicago Stadium. Fermi was an Italian Physicist, best known for his work on Chicago Pile-1 (the first nuclear reactor). on 26 June 1954, in the town of Obninsk, near Moscow in the former USSR, the first nuclear power plant was connected to an electricity grid to provide power to residences and businesses. Nuclear energy had crossed the divide from military uses to civilian applications.
How do nuclear fusion and nuclear fission work?
The absorption of a free moving neutron by the atom's nucleus
Could the cooling water at nuclear plant be fast frozen?
Nuclear energy is used to boil water for the purpose of generating energy with the steam. Ice would not work. If you are asking about the water running off of the current reactor issue in Japan, no. This would not work either. The water is being used to cool the rods of the reactor's core. This water becomes very hot and turns to steam. You can not freeze this volume of water fast.
How many people work in the nuclear reactors?
The number of people working at a nuclear reactor can vary depending on the size and type of the reactor. Generally, a nuclear power plant may employ several hundred to over a thousand workers, including engineers, technicians, operators, and support staff. Staffing levels also include various roles in safety, security, maintenance, and administration.
What is the idea behind polywell?
A polywell is a device that is used to electrical field work on ions, heating them to fusion conditions. It is a fusion reactor that uses a magnetic confinement to trap electrons.
What are the necessary components for a nuclear reactor?
for pressurized light water reactor type, as an example, the nuclear reactor components are * Reactor vessel (that contains the nuclear fuel and surrounded with water and contains control rod for power control and for safety) * reactor coolant pump * steam generator * reactor pressurizer * piping out of the vessel to the pressurizer, from pressurizer to steam generator, from steam generator to reactor coolant pump, and from pump back to the reactor vessel.
How does nuclear fusion work when stars produce their own energy?
The fusion of Hydrogen into Helium causes heat and radiation to occur.
How does a nuclear reactor work?
In brief, a nuclear reactor (as we know them), is a device which uses nuclear fission to generate energy that we can tap to do work. With the nuclear reactor, we use nuclear fuel (usually uranium or plutonium), and we arrange for a nuclear chain reaction to occur within the reactor. That reaction creates a lot of thermal energy (heat) through nuclear fission, and that thermal energy can be transferred into water to create steam. With a lot of steam, we can spin large steam turbines to turn generators to create electricity.There are other questions (with answers) here on WikiAnswers that explain in detail the ins and outs of nuclear reactors and nuclear fusion. Check the Related questions and use those links to investigate further.In an atomic energized power plant much like a fossil-filled force plant water is transformed into steam, which thusly drives turbine generators to create power. The distinction is the wellspring of warmth. At atomic force plants, the warmth to make the steam is made when uranium iotas split called splitting.
