2007-01-09 05:26:04 · 10 answers · asked by skjoldvarr 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
The desigh of the plants are such as to prevent explosion. The Nuclear plant reactor works by nuclear uranium interaction called fission. Energy is produced out of the fission process releasing heat energy.They are strict safety precaution that are constructed into the Plant. The material in the reactor core is not sufficiently enriched to cause a atomic bomb type explosion.
So Nuclear plant are basically safe. No need to fear them.They are one of our best sources of electrical power producing systems.
The reator core whose reativity period is made to exceed a limit will cause a reactor to run away . At that point there is a risk of melt down:however the reactor will not explode.
2007-01-09 05:48:12 · answer #1 · answered by goring 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chernobyl was the only one to acutally explode, and that was the result of human error. There have been a number of minor incidents inculding Three-Mile Island (which did not meltdown) where some radioactive material was released.
All in all nuclear power is quite safe but the plants are very expensive to build.
2007-01-09 05:38:49 · answer #2 · answered by msi_cord 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technically, Chernobyl exploded, but it wasn't because it was a nuclear power plant. The nuclear fuel contained in a nuclear reactor cannot under-go a nuclear explosion. It's simply impossible.
2007-01-09 09:49:43 · answer #3 · answered by Patrick M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The question is kind of vague so I limited my answer to actual explosion related to the reactor itself. There have been many other "explosions" at nuclear power plants but that were not actually the reactor itself. There have been 3 explosion where the reactor itself was involved. 1 was in the United States at the Idaho Falls reactor (1961) and 2 have been in Russia (Chernobyl 1986 and Leningrad 1974)
2007-01-09 05:56:43 · answer #4 · answered by tigger_32_kitty_27 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
None. They don't explode anyway.
Chernobyl had a fire.
Three Mile Island was a meltdown.
2007-01-09 05:33:42 · answer #5 · answered by Awesome Bill 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Only one in Chernobyl Ukraine in 1986,but there were some less serious accidents in USA,Japan,England
2007-01-09 05:34:18 · answer #6 · answered by qwine2000 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Didn't one explode in Chernobyl?
2007-01-09 05:32:47 · answer #7 · answered by talk2ajay 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1..... Chernobyl in Ukraine (just SW of Kiev)
Another that has come close was on 3 mile island in Pennsylvania.
2007-01-09 05:33:57 · answer #8 · answered by jsygrovehpi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A big one in Russia, and a small one in the US (3 mile island ?)
2007-01-09 06:28:28 · answer #9 · answered by ken88dorset 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
none
2007-01-09 05:31:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋