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Science Projects - Nuclear Chain Reaction
Nuclear Chain Reaction Bunch of dominos Ruler Flat table that doesn't shake ... fell over. In a nuclear fission reaction in a nuclear power plant, the radioactive element Uranium-235 is used in a chain reaction. The fission of ... rod. Putting it between two dominos breaks the chain reaction similar to what happens in a nuclear reactor. | EQ Homepage | Energy Story | Science Projects | Library | Games| ...
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GLOSSARY
REACTOR - A device in which a controlled nuclear chain reaction can be maintained, producing heat energy. RECOOL - The sensible cooling of air that ... a must-take basis. Regulatory Must-Take Generation includes QF generating units under federal law, nuclear units and pre-existing power-purchase contracts that have minimum-take provisions. REID VAPOR ...
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The History of Energy | The Franklin Institute's Resources for Science Learning
Government to study the idea. Meanwhile, at Columbia, Fermi sought to develop a controlled nuclear fission chain reaction. In 1942, when President Franklin Roosevelt authorized the "Manhattan Project," Fermi's ... of that year, he and his team achieved the first controlled nuclear chain reaction. The work of Fermi and other nuclear physicists led directly to development of the atomic bomb, which ...
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Friends of the Earth: Anti-nuclear working group
In every step of the nuclear chain, large amounts of waste are generated. Nuclear weapons are also linked to every step of the chain, through the diversion of nuclear ...
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OCRWM - Nuclear Waste Explained
Even if these materials were involved in an explosion (like a transportation accident involving an oil tanker), they cannot cause a nuclear chain reaction. Key Fact: Spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste are not flammable. Since these ...
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Nuclear Waste
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission January 2003 Nuclear Waste Radioactive (or nuclear) waste is a byproduct from nuclear reactors, fuel processing plants, and institutions such as ... them to split, and a chain reaction is formed, which releases large amounts of heat. This heat is used to generate electricity at nuclear power plants. The splitting of relatively ...
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EIA Energy Kids Page- Nuclear Energy (fusion and fission), Uranium, Atomic Energy
This is called a chain reaction. NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS GENERATE ELECTRICITY Nuclear power accounts for about 19 percent of the total net electricity generated in ... percent of the reactors operating in the U.S. are PWR. Nuclear reactors are basically machines that contain and control chain reactions, while releasing heat at a controlled rate. In electric ...
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Nuclear energy
In nuclear power plants, control rods are used to keep the splitting regulated, so that it does not occur too fast. These are called moderators. The chain ... nuclear power plants use the energy released by the chain reaction to change the energy of atoms into heat energy. The heavy water from around the nuclear ...
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Professor Quester Answers - Nuclear Power
Nuclear Power Professor Quester Answers Questions on Nuclear Power Dear Professor Quester: I was wondering... when you split two positively charged atoms, you make nuclear ... water to steam, nuclear power plants use the chain reaction of atoms splitting to change the energy of atoms into heat energy. Since there's nothing burned, there's nothing to emit smoke. The problem with nuclear ...
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EIA - Energy Information Sheets Index: Nuclear Power Generation
Nuclear Power Generation Home > Energy Information Sheets Index > Nuclear Power Generation Nuclear Power Generation Last Updated: September 2007 Next Update: September 2008 First United States Commercial Nuclear Power Plant ... required to initiate the event, the reaction can become self sustaining--a chain reaction--under controlled conditions, thus producing a tremendous amount of energy. Where ...
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