Saturday, February 11, 2012

What are the fuel sources for a non Fossil Fueled Nuclear plant? .... the sun?

No nuclear plant uses fossil fuels. They use fissile material, most often uranium 235. The sun provides all the energy on our planet either directly (light and heat) or indrectly (photosynthesis, solar power) with the exception of nuclear power.
What are the fuel sources for a non Fossil Fueled Nuclear plant? .... the sun?
lol a nucluer power plant juns off the heat the reacting uranium makes it turns the water in to high pressur steam and is pushed through a turbine generoter then is put through a condenser turning it to water agian and the prosses repeats
Reply:Nuclear plants use U235 as the fuel in a fission reaction. This isotope of uranium is obtained from uranium ore that is mined. It has to be separated from the minerals that the mixture of uranium is found in.

The sun uses hydrogen and its isotopes to produce its energy in fission reactions that fuse the nuclei together to form larger elements. The hydrogen atoms and molecules exist in space and are drawn together by gravitational attraction. A large cloud forms and becomes denser and denser as more and more hydrogen is added to it. Eventually the cloud heats up as it becomes larger and denser so that it "ignites" into a fusion reaction.

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