2007-04-26 06:51:44 · 10 answers · asked by finding.4ever 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
No.
Nuke Power Plants do fission.
The Sun does Fusion.
2007-04-26 06:55:01 · answer #1 · answered by no_such_reality 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Not exactly the same way, but a related way. Our nuclear plants take a heavy metal like Uranium and cause it to break down into a lighter metal like lead to get energy. The Sun combines a light gas, hydrogen, to build a heavier gas, helium, and get energy. Both are nuclear reactions, but the fusion reaction in the Sun is much more powerful than the fission reaction in our reactors. There is a multibillion dollar international effort to duplicate the reactions in the Sun using a reactor on Earth, but so far no luck.
2007-04-26 06:55:13 · answer #2 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No. Nuclear capacity plants use a procedure suggested as Fission. The solar is a procedure suggested as Fusion. Fission contains splitting the nucleus of a heavy atom, along with uranium. This yields 2 or extra lighter nuclei and a wide volume of capacity. Fusion, on the different hand, is the blend of two hydrogen nuclei into one helium nucleus, less than situations of severe warmth and stress. Fusion is the approach through which capacity is created contained in the solar. Hydrogen bombs matter on fusion, besides the indisputable fact that.
2016-12-04 22:06:19 · answer #3 · answered by merryman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Current Nuke plants create energy by splitting very heavy atoms (Usually Uranium) into smaller ones. It's called Fission. The "small" atomic bombs in the world's arsenals today (and those dropped on Japan to end WWII) did the same thing - splitting Uranium or Plutonium atoms into smaller atoms, releasing energy.
The sun (and all stars) do the opposite - they JOIN two or more smaller atoms into heavier ones. In the Sun's case, it joins 4 hydrogen nuclei to form 1 helium nuclei. It's called Fusion. And, we can duplicate this in our Hydrogen bombs - instead of blowing up one or two square miles, H-bombs can destroy an entire city, with blast effects being felt for 20 to 30 miles.
2007-04-26 07:57:22 · answer #4 · answered by quantumclaustrophobe 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The short answer is "no."
Stars make heat and light by "fusion." Four hydrogen atoms are transmuted to a single helium atom and a bright spark of energy. This is repeated trillions of times to keep the star lit up.
Nuclear power plants "split" atoms into smaller parts. Uranium and plutonium split into iron and several lighter atoms of elements. They also give off neutrons (little particles) that split other heavy atoms into lighter parts. This gives a "chain reaction." The heat is used to vaporize water and a steam turbine powers a generator makes the electric power.
The dream of most engineers is to harness fusion like a star to make electricity. Helium is a very friendly waste gas to the environment. It is inert and does little harmful except make us talk in a squeeky voice.
2007-04-26 07:07:21 · answer #5 · answered by Owl Eye 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
No, nuclear plants use fission were they split an atom. The sun uses Fusion were is combines hydrogen to make helium. Thermal-nuclear weapons use fusion as well.
2007-04-26 08:47:38 · answer #6 · answered by amish_renegade 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nothing artificial can be compared to the Sun yet.Sun is a massive star & this great amount of pure fuel can't be compared with those,I think...
2007-04-26 07:09:29 · answer #7 · answered by Andromeda 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
i dont think so........
b'coz sun is the ultimate and the supreme and the amount of energy liberated is extremely huge than the nuclear plants...
sHaKiRa
2007-04-26 06:56:38 · answer #8 · answered by shalu 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I believe so.
2007-04-26 06:54:01 · answer #9 · answered by Cuddly Lez 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
They do not.
2007-04-26 08:30:21 · answer #10 · answered by Wedge 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋