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What type of reaction happens in a power plant?

Nuclear fission


What happens in a nuclear power plant in Bataan?

Nothing happens in the nuclear plant in Bataan. This plant was built but never operated.


What nuclear reaction is used to the Bataan power plant?

The Bataan nuclear power plant uses nuclear fission as the nuclear reaction to generate electricity. In nuclear fission, the nucleus of an atom is split into two smaller nuclei, releasing a large amount of energy, which is harnessed to produce electricity.


What type of reaction happens inside a nuclear power plant?

A nuclear chain reaction nuclear fission


Is the nuclear reaction in a nuclear power plant controlled or uncontrolled?

Controlled! ...if the reactor is working properly.


What is the difference in a nuclear power plant and a nuclear bomb?

A nuclear power plant uses a slow, controlled nuclear chain reaction to heat water and generate electricity. A nuclear bomb uses a very rapid uncontrolled nuclear chain reaction in order to generate a massive explosion.


What part of a nuclear power plant that undergoes a fission reaction called?

The part of a nuclear power plant that undergoes a fission reaction is called the reactor core. This is where the nuclear fuel, such as uranium or plutonium, is housed and where the chain reaction occurs to produce heat energy.


What happens if a nuclear power plant does not work?

It produces no electricity


What is it called when nuclear fission is repeated?

It is called nuclear chain fission reaction.


In a nuclear power plant what is used to change water to steam?

Heat from the nuclear reaction changes water to steam.


In what area of the nuclear power plant does the chain reaction occur?

fuel assemblies in the core.


What was the temperature of the chernobyl nuclear power plant meltdown?

During the Chernobyl nuclear power plant meltdown, temperatures reached up to 4000 degrees Celsius in the reactor core due to the uncontrolled nuclear chain reaction.