0
If a helium cooled pebble-bed reactor driving a gas turbine can be made to work reliably, this has potential benefits through not requiring the normal water/steam circuits of a fossil fuelled or 'conventional' nuclear plant. This should make it more thermally efficient. However we wait to see a full scale prototype built and operated, until then it is premature to talk of its advantages over what is already well established, ie PWR's and BWR's.
What else can I help you with?
What is a sentence for thermonuclear?
The thermonuclear reaction in the sun produces vast amounts of energy through the fusion of hydrogen atoms.
How is the international thermonuclear reactor used to generate electricity?
I think you are running ahead of things! If you mean ITER, which is the next stage in this quest, and has just started building, this will only be an experiment and won't have any capability to generate electricity. I doubt if that will happen for another 50 years or so, if ever indeed.
What are some advantages to using a fusion reactor to produce electricity?
Some advantages of using a fusion reactor to produce electricity are the abundance of fuel sources like hydrogen isotopes, minimal greenhouse gas emissions, high energy output, and inherently safe operation with no risk of runaway reactions.
How big is the reactor vessel in a boiling water reactor?
A reactor vessel in a boiling water reactor is approximately 300 tons.
How many pounds of uranium are in a nuclear reactor?
The quantity depends on: the type of the reactor, power of the reactor, enrichment of uraniu, chemical form of the fuel, etc. For a research reactor some kilograms, for a power reactor more than 100 tonnes/year.
What is the full form of ITER?
International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
How do bluebirds obtain their energy?
Most likely though the process of eating (or a microscopic thermonuclear reactor)
What rhymes with factor?
Actor, redactor.Actor, akhtar, lacter, pachter, schachter, schlachter, tractor, compactor, detractor, ham actor, reactor, refractor,chain reactor, fast reactor, breeder reactor, character actor, fusion reactor, atomic reactor, chemical reactor, nuclear reactor, boiling water reactor, thermonuclear reactoractor, tractor, reactor
What safety features do reactors have to prevent overheating?
By Reactor I assume you mean a thermonuclear reactor. Most thermonuclear reactors use Boron rods to absorb radiation. This prevents the chain reaction in the reactor (where uranium nuclei split, each split nuclei further colliding and splitting more nuclei). They steam systems (that drive the turbines) are usually heated by gas or water. That is what the big towers are - cooling towers. The water is pumped to the top of the tower, and allowed to fall under gravity. this provides contact with the air and has a similar effect to sweating. If gas cooling is used, large radiators (like those on a fridge) use convection currents to move heat away from the reactor.
What does thermonuclear dynamics mean?
Thermonuclear dynamics is the study of the forces and motion involved in thermonuclear reactions.
When was On Thermonuclear War created?
On Thermonuclear War was created in 1960.
What is a sentence for thermonuclear?
The thermonuclear reaction in the sun produces vast amounts of energy through the fusion of hydrogen atoms.
What is thermonuclear fusion takes place?
It simply means that thermonuclear fusion happens.
How is the international thermonuclear reactor used to generate electricity?
I think you are running ahead of things! If you mean ITER, which is the next stage in this quest, and has just started building, this will only be an experiment and won't have any capability to generate electricity. I doubt if that will happen for another 50 years or so, if ever indeed.
The suns heat is produced by?
thermonuclear fusion and hydrogen becoming helium... :)
What countries use thermonuclear energy for electricity?
None, unless you count the sun's energy, which is thermonuclear.
Can you use thermonuclear in a sentence?
"The united states tested a large thermonuclear weapon at the Nevada Test Site". "The President had all options on the table, including the possibility of global thermonuclear war."
