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How does a nuclear power station work?

How does a nuclear power station work?. Nuclear reactor. What do the control rods do?. krypton. Uranium. barium. Nuclear Fission. Incoming slow neutron. Nuclear Fission. Nuclear Fission. Incoming slow neutron. Nuclear Fission. Nuclear Fission. Incoming slow neutron. Nuclear Fission.

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How does a nuclear power station work?

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  1. How does a nuclear power station work?

  2. Nuclear reactor What do the control rods do?

  3. krypton Uranium barium

  4. Nuclear Fission Incoming slow neutron

  5. Nuclear Fission Nuclear Fission Incoming slow neutron

  6. Nuclear Fission Nuclear Fission Incoming slow neutron

  7. Nuclear Fission Incoming slow neutron

  8. Nuclear Fission Incoming slow neutron

  9. Nuclear Fission Incoming slow neutron

  10. Nuclear Fission Incoming slow neutron

  11. Nuclear Fission Incoming slow neutron

  12. Nuclear Fission Incoming slow neutron

  13. Nuclear Fission Incoming slow neutron

  14. Nuclear Fission Neutron is absorbed by nucleus

  15. Nuclear Fission Neutron is absorbed by nucleus

  16. Nuclear Fission Nucleus becomes unstable and starts to oscillate.

  17. Nuclear Fission Nucleus becomes unstable and starts to oscillate.

  18. Nuclear Fission Nucleus becomes unstable and starts to oscillate.

  19. Nuclear Fission Nucleus becomes unstable and starts to oscillate.

  20. Nuclear Fission Nucleus becomes unstable and starts to oscillate.

  21. Nuclear Fission Nucleus becomes unstable and starts to oscillate.

  22. Nuclear Fission Nucleus becomes unstable and starts to oscillate.

  23. Nuclear Fission Nucleus becomes unstable and starts to oscillate.

  24. Nuclear Fission Nucleus becomes unstable and starts to oscillate.

  25. Nuclear Fission Nucleus becomes unstable and starts to oscillate.

  26. Nuclear Fission Nucleus splits! (fissions) into two large pieces and 2 or 3 neutrons

  27. Nuclear Fission Massive release of energy. Particles fly apart

  28. Nuclear Fission Massive release of energy. Particles fly apart

  29. Nuclear Fission Massive release of energy. Particles fly apart

  30. Nuclear Fission Massive release of energy. Particles fly apart

  31. Nuclear Fission Massive release of energy. Particles fly apart

  32. Mass Before Mass After Mass has been turned into energy

  33. Nuclear reactor What do the control rods do?

  34. Usually made of Boron Absorb the excess neutrons so a chain reaction does not happen.

  35. Chain Reaction

  36. Chain Reaction

  37. Chain Reaction

  38. Chain Reaction Little bang

  39. Chain Reaction Little bang

  40. Chain Reaction Little bang

  41. Chain Reaction Little bang

  42. Chain Reaction

  43. Chain Reaction Bigger bang

  44. Chain Reaction

  45. Chain Reaction

  46. Chain Reaction

  47. Chain Reaction

  48. Chain Reaction Even bigger bang

  49. Chain Reaction

  50. Chain Reaction

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