What is a nuclear power plant?
Q: What is a nuclear power plant?
A: A nuclear power plant is a type of power station that generates electricity using heat from nuclear reactions. These reactions take place within a reactor.
Q: How does a nuclear power plant generate electricity?
A: Nuclear power plants use machines to remove heat from the reactor to operate a steam turbine and generator to make electricity.
Q: What kind of fuel do nuclear power plants use?
A: Nuclear power plants use uranium as fuel. When the reactor is on, uranium atoms inside the reactor split into two smaller atoms, which gives off a large amount of heat. This splitting of atoms is called fission. The most popular atoms to fission are uranium and plutonium. Those atoms are slightly radioactive.
Q: Where can fission only happen today?
A: Fission only happens in nuclear reactors today, where the reactors parts must be arranged properly for it to occur.
Q: How many nuclear power plants are there in the world?
A: There are about four hundred nuclear power plants in the world, with many in the United States, France, and Japan.
Q: What are some famous accidents at nuclear power plants?
A: Some famous accidents at nuclear power plants were the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, 1986 Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine, and the 1979 Three Mile Island accident in the United States.
Q: Is there an anti-nuclear movement in Australia?
A: Yes, there is an Anti-nuclear movement in Australia that opposes making any new nuclear power plants in the country.
