what dose nuclear power plants run on?

Answer 1

look here...

http://science.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-power.htm

and you will find a good description.

Answer 2

Nuclear power is created by taking a heavy atom like uranium and causing it to split into smaller atoms. The nuclear bonds that held the uranium together are severed. The energy that went into maintaining this nuclear bond is released. This released energy is harnessed and is known as nuclear power or nuclear energy. This is an oversimplified explanation.

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

Traditional nuclear power plants need enriched uranium or plutonium. They emit neutrons that heat up water into steam, turning a turbine.

There is a kind of reactor called a "breeder reactor" that can be used to make nuclear fuel. This can also be used to make atomic weapons.

Uranium naturally occurs, plutonium is created in labs. Of Uranium, about .5% is U-235, the fissile kind. This needs to be purified to 10-25% for a nuclear reactor. For nuclear weapons, it needs to be over 99% pure. This is weapons-grade, or highly enriched uranium.

Answer 4

well its Uranium....
small rock

look at
http://www.abdulhakeem.com/photos/nuclears/uranium/uranium.jpg

but first anwser is good....