Nuclear Reactors

There are three nuclear power plants in Michigan. Enrico Fermi, Donald C. Cook and Palisades have one, two and one operating reactors, respectively. As regards active nuclear reactors used for generating electric power, that's the list. The count is one plus two plus one, or four reactors.

The heat exchanger is the device built for efficient heat transfer from one medium to another, whether the media are in direct contact or the media are separated by a solid wall so that they never mix.

There was not one person. An entire group of scientists led by the Italian physicist, Enrico Fermi, and Leo Szilard, who I believe was Polish, built the atomic pile under the squash courts at the University of Chicago. Many other people were also involved.

It is a nuclear reactor without reflector, consisting only from fuel and moderator.

a smoothing reactor in dc circuits reduces harmonic currents in dc lines.

A nuclear fuel rod is typically made of metal alloys such as zirconium or stainless steel that encase ceramic pellets of uranium dioxide. These pellets are the actual fuel source used in nuclear reactors to generate energy through the process of nuclear fission.

• Reactors use thermal (slow) neutrons, fission weapons use fast neutrons.
• Reactors all use fission, weapons can use fission, fusion, or any combination.
• Reactors can use delayed fissions making them respond slowly to control changes, weapons complete their reaction too fast for delayed fissions to happen.
• Reactors have control rods and their energy release can be adjusted or even turned off, weapons have no controls and release all their energy in a few microseconds once triggered.
• etc.

No, nuclear fission operates all nuclear reactors. If they are power plant reactors it is used to generate electricity.

When we obtain nuclear energy from elements in the earth like Uranium, what we are doing, is obtaining energy which produced by splitting up subatomic particles.

So we obtain the atomic energy from splitting up the atomic particles, not from the uranium itself, which is a natural resource. Since the splitting up of subatomic particles is completely "man-made", if you will and does not occur in the environment, Nuclear energy is a man made resource

one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded followed by a tsunami that disabled the backup diesel generators.

The Guardian newspaper says it costs £1 billion. See the related link.

The operating crews on site at Fukushima are certainly at risk, in order to approach the faulty reactors and fuel storage ponds they are getting more radiation dosage than would normally be allowed. As far as the general public are concerned, provided they follow advice and keep out of the local area around the plant, they are probably not at any significant risk compared to normal life.

If ever they break down alot of uranium can be realesed into the atmospehere and as of all the extremly dangerous toxins and heat if a generator breaks then there is an unbelivable danger because the plant can no longer create energy which is used to cool the reactor as a safety procedure

As of 2021, only two nuclear power plants were affected by earthquakes – Fukushima Daiichi and Onagawa. Both facilities experienced damage following the earthquake and subsequent tsunami in 2011.

Yes, it is still operational. The related link, below, has more detailed information about it.

Spent fuel rods are dangerous to humans mainly due to their high levels of radioactivity. This radiation can cause severe health effects, such as increased risk of cancer, organ damage, and radiation sickness. Proper handling and storage of spent fuel rods are crucial to prevent exposure to this harmful radiation.

Between 1945 and 1987, there were 285 nuclear reactor accidents, injuring over 1,550 people and killing 64.

Generally, not. The reactor pressure vessel is too radioactive to handle and, even if you could do that, the contamination of the various plant systems would cost too much to properly decontaminate. Only one facility has been successfully decontaminated after operation - and that was the Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant in New York - but it only operated for the equivalent of one day at 5% power - a normal plant with long term operation history would never be able to be adequately decontaminated and allowed to be "walked away from".

The reactors af Fukushima Daiichi were built by different companies, but they were all designed by GE.

Plutonium is used in nuclear reactors as a fuel because it can undergo fission, producing energy in the process. It is created as a byproduct in uranium-fueled reactors and can be recycled for use as fuel in mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel. Plutonium helps extend the fuel cycle and reduce waste by utilizing more of the energy content in nuclear fuel.

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To stop radiation leaking out. Alpha and Beta types of radiation will be stopped by the concrete

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