Definition For Nuclear Power
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Definition for nuclear power. Availability of cheap and reliable nuclear power may stifle use of other forms of power particularly if it is perceived as less polluting. This energy is made into electricity which then can be used to power machines and heat homes. Nuclear power is the use of nuclear reactions that release nuclear energy to generate heat which most frequently is then used in steam turbines to produce electricity in a nuclear power plant. Nuclear power nuclear energy regarded as a source of electricity for the power grid for civilian use atomic power.
Electrical power generation nuclear power is power released in nuclear reactions that can be converted to electric power. Nuclear power is the controlled use of nuclear energy. Except for the reactor a nuclear power plant is similar to a large coal fired power plant with pumps valves steam generators turbines electric generators condensers and associated equipment. Nuclear power electricity generated by power plants that derive their heat from fission in a nuclear reactor.
Nuclear power the electrical power generated by a nuclear reactor. The new dictionary of cultural literacy third edition copyright 2005 by houghton mifflin harcourt publishing company. The two nuclear powers stand dangerously close to war there is no need for those countries to be nuclear powers in their own right as long as they are allied with the united states asean wants the nuclear powers who have been reluctant to acknowledge the treaty to agree to protocol measures attached to the treaty. Nuclear power can be obtained from nuclear fission nuclear decay and nuclear fusion reactions.
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