Nuclear Energy
Nuclear energy covers technology of reactors, different types of reactors, their history and development, exploitation in different countries, operating experiences, problems of nuclear waste.
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A brown dwarf - that is a "failed star". One that didn't have enough mass to start nuclear fusion.
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All thermal power plants reject low quality heat to the environment, whether to a lake, river, or ocean, or to the atmosphere...
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Turbines are driven by steam so it is thermodynamic energy, but that can be created by burning fossil fuels or by nuclear fission
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im not sure but its very small cos the world is 11% so soz
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Nuclear energy is used in science in three general areas. We rely on nuclear technology in a number of areas of medicine. We also...
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Most commonly used material to produce nuclear energy in Uranium.
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Nuclear material for nuclear reactors are usually obtained from uranium. Uranium is obtained from uranium mines (open pit or...
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It varies depending on the cooling needs and plant design.
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In a nuclear reaction, mass is converted to its equivalent in energy. The energy released is described by the relativistic...
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Nuclear energy (power) does not improve air quality in any way at all. It just does not create air polution when it is being used...
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Radioactive carbon-14 atoms exist naturally. However, only 1.3 × 10-12 percent of all carbon atoms are the carbon-14 isotope....
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The moderator in a reactor serves to slow down, or moderate, neutrons so they can be more effective in interacting with other...
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In simple terms: Nuclear power reactor is an installation where nuclear fuel undergoes nuclear fission process resulting in...
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Uranium mostly exists as a mineralPitch blend in mountainous rocks it is extracted in any country under the strict supervision of...
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The energy of stars is produced by nuclear fusion
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Nuclear fusion can occur in several ways, but the form which is most likely to become useful on earth in fusion reactors is...
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yes, you can see particles in a controlled environment
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no they have battery acid in them
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Uranium (enriched in U-235), plutonium
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Because we do not have the technology to build them. It may be 50 years before we do.
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Absorb surplus neutrons, so that the chain reaction can be kept at a steady level, and also to shut down the reactor fully when...
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Components in the reactor inside the primary shielding will be radioactive, even after all the fuel has been removed. Provided...
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The concept of a nuclear chain reaction was first realized by Hungarian scientist Leó Szilárd in 1933..
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This varies significantly depending on the dosage received and the individual's response to the poisoning. There are different...
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No country in the world using nuclear fusion power on commercial or even demonstration scale. This approach is still in the...
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The sun IS the MAIN source of energy. Producers are plants who uses the sun to go through chemical reactions to make O2 and...
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We have as yet been unable to sustain a stable fusion reaction long enough for this to work.
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Radioactive materials emit particles as they decay. Sometimes that particle hits another atom and causes it to prematurely decay...
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Applications of uranium: - nuclear fuel for nuclear power reactors - explosive for nuclear weapons - material for armors and...
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It is an energy releasing device, it releases the nuclear energy in U-235 which is produced by fission of the nucleus. In the...
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When the reactor fuel has been used for some time the fission products formed build up and do produce a significant amount of...
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Applications of uranium: - nuclear fuel for nuclear power reactors - explosive for nuclear weapons - material for armors and...
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chernobyl
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In civil nuclear plants, the heat produced by fission in U-235 is used to generate electricity.
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Primarily it is the spent fuel which contains highly active fission products. There will be small amounts of low level waste...
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In the US, Illinois has the most for any state. Ontario also has a large number of reactor plants.
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Alchemy was a supposition held before modern science developed, that elements could be transmuted, ie to turn lead into gold, or...
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Most nuclear reactors are built to produce electric power. A single nuclear reactor can generate enough energy to power 1,200,000...
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In my opinion Science can get boring because of the complicated topics and what not but also many people find it fascinating, so...
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It is possible to "obtain" uranium, but not wise to do so. Uranium is a heavy metal, and is mildly radioactive. Worst, it is darn...
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Water is the most abundant and convenient medium for transferring energy from the primary energy source (coal, oil, nuclear,...
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Radiation causes damage to the cells of the body through ionisation, and this can result in rapid body failure for massive...
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The first time nuclear testing was done in the Pacific was in 1946. Tests were conducted at the Marshall Islands, Bikini Atoll...
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Under nuclear fission with thermal neutrons uranium release an enormous quantity of energy (202,5 MeV per one atom of 235U); the...
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united states of america
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Uranium-235
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It depends on the nuclear transformation type. Refer to question below for information.
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The UK has nine nuclear power stations which can be found at Torness, Hunterston (two reactors), Hartlepool, Heysham (two...
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This is the purpose of nuclear power plants and is very successfully done, 104 reactors in the US for example.
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I have not heard the term "carbon black", but gascooled reactors such as magnox and AGR have carbon (graphite) as moderator.
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Atoms that are large,radioactive and contain extra neutrons are known as unstable isotopes. Uranium 235 and Plutonium are two...
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Do you mean nuclear plants? See link below
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The composition of the nucleus concerned, ie the make up of protons and neutrons
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Hydrogen notation: 1H nucleus: 1 proton mass (AMUs): 1.008145 halflife: infinite, stable decay mode: none, stable notation: D or...
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By providing electricity, and also by making radioisotopes that are used in medical investigations and treatments
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I don't see any in this view. I guess it used water from a river for cooling. It is all shutdown now, so the cooling towers if...
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If a Uranium 235 isotope nucleus is impacted by a 'thermal neutron it can split into 2 new elements Barium and Krypton. There is...
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This is the deuterium isotope, which has a nucleus of one proton and one neutron, whereas the predominant hydrogen isotope has...
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The most common nuclear fuels that undergo fission are 235U and 239Pu. However, the most common nuclear fuel overall is 238U,...
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Because it can be made to work easily, fusion has not been made a practical technology as yet, but it may be in the future.
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This gets a bit complicated: H-1 + Li-6 --> He-3 + He-4 H-1 + Li-7 --> He-4 + He-4 H-2 + Li-6 --> He-4 + He-4 H-2 +...
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It shouldn't. The exportation of toxic and dangerous substances to a foreign land is illegal under international law.
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A physicist
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Yes, atomic energy was the term used up to the 50's, then nuclear energy became the normal term, it is more correct.
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Approx 75 percent of electricity is nuclear in France
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In all countries using nuclear power for peaceful purposes there exists a licensing organisation set up by Government to assess...
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hello my name is box and i love my nose
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Under nuclear fission with thermal neutrons uranium release an enormous quantity of energy (202,5 MeV per one atom of 235U); the...
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The most common uses of uranium are in nuclear weapons and in nuclear power stations.
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The main problem with nuclear fission is the high level nuclear waste formed in the fuel. This is extremely dangerous and has to...
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In this solar system, it is on the sun.
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World wide the figure is about 16 percent
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A long list-see website www.nrc.gov
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The idea is to use it for nuclear fuel in other reactors, this is why it is called a breeder process. Uranium-238 which is not...
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If not disposed of correctly it can cause pollution. Which may lead to environmental damage and sickness in the flora and fauna...
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a nuclear power plant costs $10,432
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Nuclear fusion is still only experimental, but the fuel used is a mixture of deuterium and tritium (both hydrogen isotopes)
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The major ones are hydroelectric, coal or gas fired, and nuclear. Less prevailent are geothermal and wind. There are other...
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Ukraine
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None have been built yet, or even designed!
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In a hydro plant you simply use the potential energy of the water in falling a height into the turbines, so you extract most of...
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A heat exchanger where the primary pressurised water produces steam in the secondary side which is at a lower pressure (in the...
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I think they are similar, but the cost of coal varies widely and transport can cost a lot. The costs of nuclear look good on...
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a nuclear engineer.....
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Nuclear fusion has pros and cons when compared to nuclear fission. Pros - Yields much more energy with less or no waste.2...
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uranium
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Radiation effect
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to create electrity
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The way this is handled is that the energy from the nuclear reaction is converted into heat. The remainder is handled like any...
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I worked at a nuclear power station for a little over a year in the eighties, and the short answer is that the heat from the...
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The first nuclear chain reaction was demonstrated in 1942
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radioactive waste go somewhere probally in a labratory
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