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Why is a power plant an example of nuclear energy?

A power plant is an example of nuclear energy because it generates electricity through nuclear reactions, usually fission. The energy released from these reactions is harnessed to produce heat, which then drives turbines to generate electricity.


What businesses use nuclear energy?

Nuclear fission refers to the splitting of an atomic nucleus. It occurs naturally and can be induced in order to release energy. Nuclear fission provides the energy released by nuclear weapons as well as the energy used to produce energy at nuclear power plants.


What normal household objects use nuclear force to run?

No normal household objects use nuclear force to run. Nuclear force is typically only used in nuclear power plants or atomic bombs where atomic nuclei are split or combined to release energy.


What are examples of nuclear energy in the kitchen?

Nuclear energy is not used in typical kitchen appliances or cooking processes. Most kitchen appliances run on electricity generated from sources such as natural gas, coal, or renewable energy. Nuclear energy is primarily used in power plants to generate electricity on a large scale.


How much money do people pay for nuclear energy if the nuclear power plant dies?

If a nuclear power plant were to be decommissioned or shut down, the costs for decommissioning and managing the spent nuclear fuel can run into billions of dollars. These costs are typically factored into the overall cost of nuclear energy production and are often covered by a decommissioning fund that the plant operator is required to establish during the operation of the plant.

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Is nuclear energy renewable or non renewable?

Nuclear energy is classified as a nonrenewable energy source. This is because the nuclear fuel used in power plants (such as uranium or plutonium) is a finite resource that can eventually run out.


Why is a power plant an example of nuclear energy?

A power plant is an example of nuclear energy because it generates electricity through nuclear reactions, usually fission. The energy released from these reactions is harnessed to produce heat, which then drives turbines to generate electricity.


What businesses use nuclear energy?

Nuclear fission refers to the splitting of an atomic nucleus. It occurs naturally and can be induced in order to release energy. Nuclear fission provides the energy released by nuclear weapons as well as the energy used to produce energy at nuclear power plants.


How can you produce energy in future by nuclear power plant if there is no source?

The source of nuclear power is the nucleus of an atom; any atom. As long as there is mass in the universe there will be a source of nuclear power. Even if in the future we run out of the radioactive material we currently use to fuel nuclear power plants, it would be foolish to assume that we will never again be able to harness nuclear energy in another way.


Do any power plant today run run on nuclear fusion why or why not?

No, because the highest amount of energy needed in a nuclear fusion is 40,000,000 K, which is only known to occur on the sun.


Is nuclear energy an example of non conventional source of energy?

====================== I don't see why nuclear energy is not considered conventional -- the western nations in general have nuclear power plants to produce nuclear energy. The power plants have been run for decades and nuclear power is a mature technology. I would consider it conventional. What I think is unconventional is when someone claims his "new" method can produce more energy than what he puts in -- basically getting a free lunch, like a perpetual motion machine. ====================== == ==


What are the Benefits of a nuclear power plants?

Clean, cheap energy that will never run out produced in a relatively small power plant. It's a no-brainer.


What do power companies do?

They generate electrical energy from nuclear energy, and then distribute it through wires to your house, where it can be used to run your lights, your TV, and your electric can-opener.


Is generator used in nuclear or solar energy?

Generators are nearly always used for nuclear power, and sometimes used for solar power. In nuclear power plants, the reactor makes steam to run a generator. Much of solar produced electricity does not use a generator, but produces power through a photovoltaic effect. Concentrated solar can be used to make steam to run a generator.


What normal household objects use nuclear force to run?

No normal household objects use nuclear force to run. Nuclear force is typically only used in nuclear power plants or atomic bombs where atomic nuclei are split or combined to release energy.


Where does the energy for your TV come from?

From the electric plug. This, in turn, comes from some generators, which may run on coal, diesel, nuclear power, wind energy, hydroelectric energy, etc.


What nuclear power plant did E. James Ferland run?

Millstone Nuclear Power Station