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Nuclear fission is used in nuclear weapons to create what some might call an atomic blast (nuclear blast). Nuclear fission used this way can also be applied in special complex designs to generate enough thermal energy (heat) to initiate a fusion reaction. This creates an even bigger nuclear blast.
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What is called when hydrogen atoms condense to make helium?
This process is know as nuclear fusion, and it produces heat which can be used to convert water into steam for the purpose of mechanical energy production via a turbine in a nuclear fusion reactors.
What type of nuclear reaction involves one nucleus breaking into multiple nuclei?
Nuclear fission is the type of nuclear reaction where one nucleus breaks into multiple smaller nuclei. This process typically releases a large amount of energy and is the basis of nuclear power plants and nuclear weapons.
What is the type of nuclear reaction that results in the production of synthetic elements?
The type of nuclear reaction that results in the production of synthetic elements is nuclear fusion. This process involves combining atomic nuclei to create new, heavier elements. In a controlled environment such as a nuclear reactor, scientists can create synthetic elements that do not occur naturally on Earth.
This energy source uses a rare metal called uranium for fuel?
A nuclear reactor is a plant which deliver electricity and (or) heat.The function principle is the release of energy from nuclear fission of fissile materials as the isotope uranium-235.
Why do uranium ore have be enriched?
Because only the isotope 235U is fissionable with thermal neutrons and also is good for nuclear weapons. This is because normal uranium in the Earth is 0.7 % 235U and 99.3 % 238U. The 235U needs to be enriched to 4 % or greater in order to be effective as a fissile material (fission with neutrons producing fission and more neutrons that can continue the reaction) reaction. Power plants run around 4 % to 5 %; but CANDU type reactors work with natural uranium. Weapons run +99 %. Small high capacity reactors, such as on a submarine, run around 20 %.
What type of nuclear reaction is used in modern day nuclear reactors?
Modern day nuclear reactors primarily use fission reactions, where the nucleus of an atom is split into smaller fragments, releasing large amounts of energy. Fission reactions are controlled in reactors to generate heat, which is used to produce electricity.
Is power reactor a thermal reactor?
Yes, a power reactor is a type of thermal reactor. Power reactors use nuclear fission to produce heat, which is then used to generate electricity. The heat generated in the reactor comes from the controlled chain reaction of nuclear fission, making it a thermal reactor.
What type of energy requires a uranium and a reactor?
Nuclear energy, because uranium is a nuclear fuel for nuclear power reactors.
What type of reaction supplies the most energy?
fusion nuclear reaction followed by fission nuclear reaction
Fusion is a type of what?
A type of nuclear reaction
Is fusion a type of chemical reaction?
False
Used in nuclear reactors for energy?
radioactive element like uranium, plutonium......etc depends which type of nuclear reactor.
What reactors produces heat and a new supply of the radioactive isotope Pu-239?
Breeder reactors are designed to produce both heat and Pu-239 as a byproduct. These reactors use fertile material such as uranium-238 to breed plutonium-239 through neutron capture, resulting in a self-sustaining chain reaction. The produced Pu-239 can then be used as fuel in nuclear reactors or for nuclear weapons.
Who uses nuclear energy?
French, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Germans, British and Dutch are just a few using this type of energy. Search the internet for the List of nuclear reactors this is a comprehensive annotated list of all the nuclear reactors of the world.
What are nuclear reactors called?
One type (model) of reactor is the CANDU, or Canada (CAN) dueterium-uranium (DU)reactor. Ther are also differences between fusion and fission reactors, fast and thermal reactors (the differences bing in the speed of the neutrons used to initiate the chain reaction, usually fission), light or heavy water cooled or moderated reactors, and many other distinctions.
Most of the world's nuclear reactors are of the type?
Most are lightwater moderated and cooled, these are the PWR and BWR. There also a substantial number of heavy water reactors, based on CANDU, and gas cooled reactors mainly now in the UK.
What type of nuclear reaction does the hydrogen bomb rely on?
Nuclear fusion.
