Nuclear Power What is nuclear energy Power plants

Nuclear Power

What is nuclear energy? Power plants use heat to produce electricity. Nuclear energy produces electricity from heat through a process called fission. Nuclear power plants use the heat produced by fission of certain atoms. 1. Nuclear fission nucleus of atom is split into parts, produces free neutrons and energy

Nuclear Fuel: Uranium 92 U Uranium http: //www. ecolo. org/photos/uranium-black. jpg The fuel used in nuclear power plants is an isotope of the radioactive element uranium 2. Uranium-235 Fission of U-235 splits nucleus in two pieces releases neutrons for chain reaction Nuclear fission chain reaction releases energy in the form of heat

Nuclear Reactors 3. Nuclear Reactor device built to sustain a controlled nuclear fission chain reaction Main Components of Nuclear Reactor: - reactor vessel - tubes of uranium - control rods - containment structure http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Image: Crocus-p 1020491. jpg control rods control Containment structure radioactivity, absorbs contains the reaction neutrons in at least 3 feet of concrete! www. pbase. com/pbrakke/image/44279993

The Nuclear Power Plant Fission occurs in the reactor vessel. Heat is produced. The steam is cooled in the condenser to return to the liquid The heat is used to heat water to create steam The steam is used to turn the turbine in the generator to produce electricity 4. Nuclear power plant consists of all the parts needed to create electricity by using nuclear energy

Video: How a pressurized water nuclear reactor (pwr) works https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=MSFgm. LW 1 Crw

Key Components of 2. Uranium-235 1. nuclear fission 3. nuclear reactor 4. nuclear power plant Nuclear Energy

Nuclear Power Production in Wisconsin - U. S. produces about 31% of world’s nuclear power - consumes about 22% WI - 2 nuclear power plants, Kewaunee and Point Beach 20% of WI’s energy is from nuclear power Kewaunee Power Plant Point Beach Nuclear Power Plant Carlton, WI Two Rivers, WI

Three Mile Island Pennsylvania, USA

The American Experience’s Meltdown at Three Mile Island https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=SUct_69 k. Np. Q

The World Experience’s Chernobyl https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Bf. Km 0 XXfiis

The World Experience’s Fukushima https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Bdbit. Rlb. LDc