Nuclear power stations
The way a nuclear power station works isn't all that different to a typical coal-burning power station. Both heat water into pressurized steam which then drives a turbine generator. The key difference between the two is how the water is heated into steam. Instead of using coal or another fossil fuel, nuclear plants depend on the heat that occurs during nuclear fission.
A nuclear power station is made up of control rods, fuel rods, a primary loop, a heat exchanger, a pump, a secondary loop, a turbine, a pipe to cool the water source and a generator.
The first use of nuclear fission to generate electricity was when the Obrinik nuclear power station in Russia began operation in June 1954.
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A nuclear power station is made up of control rods, fuel rods, a primary loop, a heat exchanger, a pump, a secondary loop, a turbine, a pipe to cool the water source and a generator.
The first use of nuclear fission to generate electricity was when the Obrinik nuclear power station in Russia began operation in June 1954.
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