2007-01-18 00:11:49 · 6 answers · asked by pattyboy 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
In general terms....The nuclear reaction generates heat...this heat is used to boil water, and the steam from the boiling water is under very high pressure and is blown out of a jet to spin a turbine, the turbine spins a generator and produces electricity.
It works the same way any other power plant works, except that instead of oil or coal burning to boil the water the heat from a nuclear reaction boils the water.
2007-01-18 00:21:38 · answer #1 · answered by alanc_59 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The reaction generates heat that turns water into steam. The steam drives a turbine that is connected to a generator which makes the electricity. That's the short but accurate explanation. No magic, no smoke and mirrors. Just simple physics.
2007-01-18 08:21:23 · answer #2 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure what process is used to create the reaction in the atoms, but they create heat which turns water into steam which turns a turbine on a generator.
2007-01-18 08:23:02 · answer #3 · answered by Colonel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a very complex nuclear-physical reactions.
You cannot just expect to get a clear explanations from this Yahoo Answer.com, u can only get a little tidbits here and there without full understanding to this complicated question from nuclei physic.
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2007-01-18 08:32:43 · answer #4 · answered by old timer cheetah 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is like an atom but differnt , but both have their similarities.
2007-01-18 08:17:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
http://science.howstuffworks.com/fusion-reactor.htm
2007-01-18 08:19:38 · answer #6 · answered by Trac2100 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋