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In simple terms:
Nuclear power reactor is an installation where nuclear fuel undergoes nuclear fission process resulting in thermal energy production. this thermal energy is transferred to reactor coolant system. Then the thermal energy converted into mechanical energy through turbines. The mechanical energy is converted to electrical energy through electric generators.
Reprocessing plant is an installation where its feed (or input) is the irradiated nuclear fuel (called used fuel or spent fuel) that is discharged from the nuclear reactor. This fuel after successive mechanical and chemical processes is separated into uranium and plutonium (for reuse again) and radioactive waste to be disposed of using specific techniques according to their physical form and radioactivity level.
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Can nuclear power plants make nuclear weapons?
It can produce low grade plutonium that need be extracted from the used nuclear fuel through used fuel reprocessing. However, power reactors are subject to the international nuclear safeguards to prevent its misuse.
What states are agaainst nuclear power and have no nuclear power plants or reactors?
Australia and New Zealand are two
What process release the energy in the nuclear reactors used in power plants?
Nuclear fission
Who provides nuclear energy?
The companies that own and operate nuclear reactors in power plants
How many nuclear power plants operate in the US as of 2009?
104 reactors
Can nuclear power plants make nuclear weapons?
It can produce low grade plutonium that need be extracted from the used nuclear fuel through used fuel reprocessing. However, power reactors are subject to the international nuclear safeguards to prevent its misuse.
How many nuclear reactors in Sweden?
Sweden currently has 3 active nuclear power plants with 10 reactors.
How many reactors usually work in nuclear power plants?
Most plants have two reactors but some have more
What states are agaainst nuclear power and have no nuclear power plants or reactors?
Australia and New Zealand are two
What process release the energy in the nuclear reactors used in power plants?
Nuclear fission
Who provides nuclear energy?
The companies that own and operate nuclear reactors in power plants
Can you direct me to a website with a list of all the nuclear power plants in the world?
I have put a link to the Wikipedia page, "List of nuclear reactors," below. It seems to be pretty good, and includes some reactors that are not in nuclear plants, such as research reactors.
How many U.S. nuclear power plants?
104 operating reactors
How many nuclear power plants are there in the states?
104 operating reactors
How is uranium involved in nuclear reactors?
Uranium is now the most important nuclear fuel for nuclear power plants.
How many nuclear power plants operate in the US as of 2009?
104 reactors
What has the author Robert Civiak written?
Robert Civiak has written: 'Nuclear fusion power' -- subject(s): Nuclear energy, Nuclear fusion 'Breeder reactors' -- subject(s): Breeder reactors, Nuclear industry, Nuclear reactors 'Improved uranium utilization in once-through light water reactors' -- subject(s): Light water reactors, Technological innovations, Uranium as fuel 'Plutonium economics and Japan's nuclear fuel cycle policies' -- subject(s): Nuclear fuels, Plutonium, Reactor fuel reprocessing 'Economics of plutonium use in light water reactors' -- subject(s): Costs, Economic aspects of Plutonium as fuel, Economic aspects of Uranium as fuel, Light water reactors, Nuclear fuels, Plutonium as fuel, Reactor fuel reprocessing, Uranium as fuel 'Uranium enrichment' -- subject(s): Economic aspects of Nuclear energy, Nuclear energy, Uranium enrichment 'Nuclear power' -- subject(s): Nuclear energy, Technological innovations 'Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) power generation' -- subject(s): Electric power production, Magnetohydrodynamic generation, Magnetohydrodynamics
