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Nuclear power plants don't explode, in the style of a nuclear bomb. That particular super prompt criticality is impossible to maintain for the length of time necessary to consume the core, leading to a true, nuclear detonation.
If you are thinking about the explosions that occurred at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant, those were hydrogen gas explosions. Hydrogen gas built up as a consequence of the high temperature of the zircalloy fuel pins in contact with water. When additional water was added to help cool the fuel, the hydrogen combined with the oxygen in the water under temperature and exploded. Again, it was not a nuclear explosion.
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What are the potential consequences if a nuclear power plant explodes?
If a nuclear power plant explodes, potential consequences include widespread radiation exposure, environmental contamination, long-term health effects, displacement of populations, and economic impacts due to cleanup and recovery efforts.
Can you shut down a nuclear power plant?
Yes, nuclear power plant can be shut down.
What is a necular power plant?
A nuclear power plant is a plant [not a plant that you see in gardens or forests..] that holds mounds of electricity and power. If it ever leaks or explodes, gases can reach up from Conneticut to approximatley, Maine [as an example]. If people inhale gases from an exlosion or leak from power plants, it may cause cancer, possibly death [depending on how bad the power plant was exposed].
When and where the first nuclear power plant established in Pakistan?
The first nuclear power plant in Pakistan, called Karachi Nuclear Power Plant (KANUPP), was established in Paradise Point, Karachi in 1972.
What is the oldest nuclear power plant in the world?
The Obninsk Power Plant, which is located in Obninsk, Russia. It was first built in 1954.
If the nuclear power plant in Japan explodes will it effect North Carolina?
Not at all
What are the potential consequences if a nuclear power plant explodes?
If a nuclear power plant explodes, potential consequences include widespread radiation exposure, environmental contamination, long-term health effects, displacement of populations, and economic impacts due to cleanup and recovery efforts.
What does a nuclear power plant release in he air when it expoldes?
When a nuclear power plant explodes the largest worry is that the fuel source, like Uranium or Plutonium, will be released. This in turn would release huge amounts of radiation into the surrounding area.
IF a nuclear power plant explodes and wipes out every living thing what kind of organism would be the first to colonize the radioactive area?
COCKROACHES!
What is nuclear accidents?
When a plant for nuclear power (breaking atoms in fission) explodes because of a malfunction within the pipes as the nuclear reaction takes place. It super-heats, explodes, and often shoots dangerous gases into the air for days, even weeks, that can cause radiation poisoning among other problems.
Existing nuclear power plant?
what is the existing of nuclear power plant?
What is the positive of nuclear power plant?
what is negative of the nuclear power plant
Where is the Nuclear Fission Power plant in Alaska?
There is no nuclear power plant in Alaska.
What kind of fallout will we see from a nuclear power plant?
Nuclear Fallout comes from a nuclear power plant.
Where is the method of producing electricity from a nuclear power plant used?
In a nuclear power plant
What is the name of the nuclear power plant that expoded in 1986?
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
Is a nuclear power plant same as nuclear power station?
Yes, it generally is but a nuclear plant could refer to nuclear reactors which are basically the things that produce the power. So in essence, yes, a nuclear plant is the same thing as a nuclear power station
