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What is a type of reactor that produces electricity but in doing so creates new nuclear fuel?
A breeder reactor is a type of reactor that produces electricity while also creating new nuclear fuel. It achieves this by converting non-fissile isotopes into fissile fuel as it operates, effectively "breeding" its own fuel.
What is nucular reactor?
A nuclear reactor is a device that initiates and controls nuclear reactions, often used for generating electricity or producing isotopes for various applications. It uses the energy released from nuclear fission or fusion reactions to generate heat, which is then converted into electricity through turbines and generators. Safety measures are put in place to prevent accidents and control the release of radiation.
What are their advantages and disadvantages of Nuclear and Breeder Reactors?
You can't compare and contrast nuclear reactors and breeder reactors, any more than you can compare a lion with a mammal. A lion is one example of many mammals; a breeder reactor is just one example of many types of nuclear reactor.
What are fuel rods?
Nuclear fuel rodsFuel rods are long, cylindrical rods or long, flat plates containing fissile material (usually uranium) in a nuclear reactor core. The uranium is in rods or plates so it can be bundled into a fuel element and fixed in place to make up the core. The spacing and arrangement of the rods and, beyond that, the bundles themselves, is the key to reactor geometry.Other rods in the reactor called control rods are also moved into channels in the reactor core, but these have the opposite effect. They contain neutron-absorbing materials that can moderate (or stop) the fission reaction that takes place when a critical mass is achieved. Control rods are pulled to start the reactor up, and are put back in to shut the reactor down.
How was chernobyl reactor accident controlled or put out?
It was not controlled, once the top of the reactor was blown off there was nothing anyone could do. The fuel melted and ran down, whilst the graphite burned away, so this would stop the nuclear reaction. The task then was to put out the fire which was still raising radioactive material into the atmosphere. This was done partly by firemen with hoses (many of whom died from radiation) and by dropping material onto the burning reactor from helicopters.
How are nuclear reactors kept safe?
There are many safety procedures put in place to keep a nuclear reactor safe, first of all control rods are used inside the reactor to stop the fission reaction running out of control and melting the reactor core, constant water(coolant) is kept pumping around the reactor cool and to help soak up some of the neutrons and x-ray scans are used to check that there are no natural cracks inside the reactor.
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.
Which process is the source of all the thermal energy produced by a nuclear reactor A. Radioactive decayB. Chemical swayC. Nuclear fissionD. Nuclear fusion Plsss helpp?
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What is a type of reactor that produces electricity but in doing so creates new nuclear fuel?
A breeder reactor is a type of reactor that produces electricity while also creating new nuclear fuel. It achieves this by converting non-fissile isotopes into fissile fuel as it operates, effectively "breeding" its own fuel.
What is nucular reactor?
A nuclear reactor is a device that initiates and controls nuclear reactions, often used for generating electricity or producing isotopes for various applications. It uses the energy released from nuclear fission or fusion reactions to generate heat, which is then converted into electricity through turbines and generators. Safety measures are put in place to prevent accidents and control the release of radiation.
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Beneath the beautiful blue skies, lay a barren plane of asphalt, where the government was planning on building a new nuclear reactor to provide power to many homes.
Is nuclear reactor harmful?
Like any powerful bit of machinery, it CAN be. However, you might note that there has never been a fatality in the US from the Nuclear portion of a nuclear power reactor. Reactors do not create green house gasses, and they do not put the pollutants into the air that oil and coal fired powerplants do. Spent nuclear fuel remains radioactive and must be stored in a safe manner.
How do nuclear power plants transfer energy?
The fission energy of a nuclear reactor is heat. It makes steam which runs a turbine electric generator. The electricity is put on the power grid and is sent to the load.
Can nuclear wastes cause explosions?
Nuclear waste can not case an explosion is it's spent form. Once a reactor is done with Uranium rods as fuel they are put into lead lined containers and transported to spent fuel storage. A nuclear reactor can explode from hydrogen build up in the containment vessel, this is due to the reaction going on in the steam generation process, this does not happen in nuclear waste storage facilities.
Does an operating nuclear reactor make a lot of sound?
The reactor itself does not make a lot of sound when operating. Nuclear fission is silent, but moving water in the core (in a pressurized water reactor) might be heard as it circulates. But it would not be easy to put your ear to the reactor vessel as radiation levels would be very high and the vessel would be very hot. Certainly the pumps that are running to circulate coolant will be audible.
What are their advantages and disadvantages of Nuclear and Breeder Reactors?
You can't compare and contrast nuclear reactors and breeder reactors, any more than you can compare a lion with a mammal. A lion is one example of many mammals; a breeder reactor is just one example of many types of nuclear reactor.
What are fuel rods?
Nuclear fuel rodsFuel rods are long, cylindrical rods or long, flat plates containing fissile material (usually uranium) in a nuclear reactor core. The uranium is in rods or plates so it can be bundled into a fuel element and fixed in place to make up the core. The spacing and arrangement of the rods and, beyond that, the bundles themselves, is the key to reactor geometry.Other rods in the reactor called control rods are also moved into channels in the reactor core, but these have the opposite effect. They contain neutron-absorbing materials that can moderate (or stop) the fission reaction that takes place when a critical mass is achieved. Control rods are pulled to start the reactor up, and are put back in to shut the reactor down.
