0
What are the isotopes in use in nuclear power plants and what reaction takes place?
Uranium is used as the feed fuel in nuclear power plants. Natural uranium contains 0.7 percent U235 but this is increased to about 4 percent for light water moderated reactors. The bulk of uranium is U238 and this is not productive, though some of it turns to plutonium during operation and this gives further energy output.
The reaction with U235 and Pu239 is called fission, whereby the nucleus splits into two parts and releases energy
What else can I help you with?
What is the part of a nuclear reactor called where the nuclear reaction takes place?
The part of a nuclear reactor where the nuclear reaction takes place is called the reactor core. It typically contains the fuel rods, control rods, and coolant necessary for sustaining and controlling the nuclear reaction.
What type of nuclear reaction takes place in stars?
Nuclear fusion is the type of nuclear reaction that occurs in stars. Older stars with a collapsing center can exceed a temperature of one hundred million Kelvin.
Nuclear reaction taking place inside sun is called?
The nuclear reaction taking place inside the sun is called nuclear fusion. This is where hydrogen atoms combine to form helium, releasing a large amount of energy in the process.
How many years passed from the first controlled nuclear reaction to the first nuclear meltdown?
The first controlled nuclear reaction took place in 1942 at the University of Chicago. The first nuclear meltdown occurred at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 1986, which is 44 years later.
How many years passed from the first controlled nuclear reaction to the first nuclear meltdown in US history?
The first controlled nuclear reaction took place in 1942, and the first nuclear meltdown in US history occurred in 1979, marking a span of 37 years between these two events.
What is the part of a nuclear reactor called where the nuclear reaction takes place?
The part of a nuclear reactor where the nuclear reaction takes place is called the reactor core. It typically contains the fuel rods, control rods, and coolant necessary for sustaining and controlling the nuclear reaction.
Can a substance be radioactive without a nuclear reaction taking place?
Yes, it is possible; disintegration is not considered a nuclear reaction.
Describe what takes place in a nuclear fusion reaction?
In nuclear fusion reaction two nuclei are combined by providing the energy.
What is the main type of fusion taking place in the sun?
Nuclear fusion of hydrogen isotopes take place to form helium.
Is there a place other then stars that have nuclear reaction?
Yes, they have accomplished nuclear fusion in a lab in Princeton.
What type of nuclear reaction takes place in stars?
Nuclear fusion is the type of nuclear reaction that occurs in stars. Older stars with a collapsing center can exceed a temperature of one hundred million Kelvin.
Nuclear reaction taking place inside sun is called?
The nuclear reaction taking place inside the sun is called nuclear fusion. This is where hydrogen atoms combine to form helium, releasing a large amount of energy in the process.
What type of energy does nuclear power plants start with?
Nuclear power plants are self starting because there is always a small number of fissions taking place in the uranium fuel, so as soon as the reactor is made critical by withdrawing the control rods the chain reaction starts.
What is the purpose of a reaction chamber in a nuclear reactor?
The reaction chamber in a nuclear reactor is where the nuclear fission process takes place, leading to the release of energy. It contains the nuclear fuel and control rods that regulate the reaction. The purpose of the reaction chamber is to sustain and control the nuclear chain reaction that generates heat to produce electricity in a controlled manner.
What type of reaction takes place in stars?
a nuclear recation is formed
Are there nuclear plants in Nebraska?
No, because there is no such place as "Nabraska". There are however at least two nuclear plants in the state of Nebraska; including one at Fort Calhoun.
What two elements are involved in nuclear fusion reaction?
In the sun it is just protons, which are hydrogen nuclei. On earth experiments are using two isotopes of hydrogen, deuterium and tritium. These are still the same element, hydrogen, just two different isotopes.
