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How is the heat energy produced by the nuclear reaction used to make electrical power?

In a nuclear power plant, the heat energy produced by nuclear reactions is used to generate steam by heating water. The steam drives turbines connected to generators, which then produce electricity. This process is a way of converting the heat energy from the nuclear reactions into electrical power.


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 type of reaction happens in a nuclear power plant?

A nuclear fission reaction occurs in a nuclear power plant. This is the process where the nucleus of an atom is split, releasing large amounts of energy in the form of heat, which is used to generate electricity.


What is the most powerful electricity source?

Nuclear power is currently the most powerful electricity source in terms of energy density and capacity to generate large amounts of electricity consistently. It relies on the nuclear fission process to produce heat, which is then converted into electrical energy.


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.

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Which nuclear reaction is currently used to generate electricity?

It is a lot more complicated than this, but to give you an example, here is one nuclear reaction that is used to generate electricity. 235U + neutron --> 236U --> 89Kr + 144Ba + 3 neutrons + 177 MeV


How is fission reaction used to generate nuclear power?

the atoms split and cause a chain reaction


How is the heat energy produced by the nuclear reaction used to make electrical power?

In a nuclear power plant, the heat energy produced by nuclear reactions is used to generate steam by heating water. The steam drives turbines connected to generators, which then produce electricity. This process is a way of converting the heat energy from the nuclear reactions into electrical power.


Is the nuclear reaction that takes place in a nuclear electrical generating plant exothermic?

I would imagine it is since the goal of an electric plant is to give off energy, and exothermic reactions release entergy. Both fusion and fission, the two major nuclear reactions, are exothermic.


What process releases the energy that is used in nuclear power plants to generate electrical energy?

It is nuclear fission


What is the name of the process that nuclear power stations use to generate power?

Nuclear Reaction: A Nuclear reaction in the nuclear core generates great amounts of energy in the form of heat. This energy is used to heat up water to steam to drive a steam turbine engine which generates rotary motion to a shaft which is mechanically connected to turn an Alternator which generates the electrical power.


What nuclear reaction is currently used to produce nuclear energy in nuclear reactors?

We use nuclear fission in nuclear reactors to tap nuclear energy.


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.


How many other coal plants would it take to replace nuclear plants?

Depends on the amount of electrical energy they (need to) generate. How much does the average nuclear plant generate ? How much does the average coal plant generate ?


What type of reaction happens in a nuclear power plant?

A nuclear fission reaction occurs in a nuclear power plant. This is the process where the nucleus of an atom is split, releasing large amounts of energy in the form of heat, which is used to generate electricity.


What is the most powerful electricity source?

Nuclear power is currently the most powerful electricity source in terms of energy density and capacity to generate large amounts of electricity consistently. It relies on the nuclear fission process to produce heat, which is then converted into electrical energy.


Name a nuclear process in which a huge amount of energy is released and which can be used to generate electrical energy in power stations?

Nuclear fission