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In every operating nuclear reactor (there are 104 in the US and about 400 worldwide)
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∙ 14y agoIn the US there are 104 operating reactors. World wide the total is over 400
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What element is used as the source of nuclear power?
Most commonly used material to produce nuclear energy in Uranium.
How are Nuclear energy transformed into usable energy?
Nuclear energy is used to produce steam. This steam used to rotate turbines
What is an example of converting Nuclear energy to electromagnetic energy in an energy transformation?
In a nuclear reactor, nuclear energy is converted to thermal energy. The thermal energy is used to heat water to make steam which can be used to spin turbines. The turbines spin electrical generators. A lot of electric power comes from nuclear power plants.
What other names are there for nuclear energy?
Nuclear power, atomic power used to be the term used but is now not used so much.
What energy has fuel got?
It depends on what fuel you are talking about. For nuclear energy, the energy comes from binding energy released when atoms are fissioned or (less commonly) fused.
Radioactive element used for nuclear energy?
One of the radioactive elements used for nuclear energy is 235U92, commonly stated as U-235.
What element is used as the source of nuclear power?
Most commonly used material to produce nuclear energy in Uranium.
What elements are commonly used to generate electricity from nuclear energy?
Uranium or Thorium.
When was nuclear energy first used?
Experiments with nuclear energy started in Germany in the early 1940's and the atomic bomb was used in 1945 against the Japs. It was not commonly used until mid 1950's.
What types of nuclear energy generates electircity?
At present only nuclear fission can be used, in various types of reactor. The PWR and BWR are the most commonly used.
What is Uranium energy used for?
Uranium is used as nuclear fuel in nuclear reactors.
Is magnesium used for nuclear energy?
Magnesium is not used in the nuclear energy.
Is nuclear energy and nuclear fuel different?
Nuclear fuel is the fuel used to produce nuclear energy.
How are Nuclear energy transformed into usable energy?
Nuclear energy is used to produce steam. This steam used to rotate turbines
How are nuclear energy used?
Saying nuclear energy is like saying Norwegian furniture. Nuclear power/energy is used everywhere, in 2009 20% of all electricity in the US was nuclear origin.
How commonly is a nuclear power plant used in the US?
Illinois is were nuclear power is most used
What nuclear reaction is currently used to produce nuclear energy in nuclear reactors?
We use nuclear fission in nuclear reactors to tap nuclear energy.
