Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Nuclear Reactor

          In nuclear fission, a very large amount of nuclear energy is liberated within an extremely small interval of time. Consequently, it is not possible to convert the nuclear energy for any useful purpose. So, a device becomes necessary to control the reaction in nuclear fission. Such a device is called nuclear reactor.

         The nuclear energy from nuclear fission has many uses. A nuclear power plant produces electric power from the nuclear energy of nuclear of nuclear fission.

         A Nuclear reactor is a device in which nuclear chain reactions are initiated, controlled and sustained at a steady rate.

       A Nuclear reactor is used to convert nuclear energy into heat and electrical energy.

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