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How Nuclear Power Works. Alyssa Arena N00831253@unf.edu Emily Ferro N00820450@unf.edu Natalia Posada N00843240@unf.edu Do You Ever Wonder- IDS 1999 September 28, 2012. What it is?. Stored in Nucleus of Atoms Sustained Fission Heat Electricity. How it Creates Energy. Fission.
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How Nuclear Power Works Alyssa Arena N00831253@unf.edu Emily Ferro N00820450@unf.edu Natalia Posada N00843240@unf.edu Do You Ever Wonder- IDS 1999 September 28, 2012
What it is? • Stored in Nucleus of Atoms • Sustained Fission • Heat • Electricity
How it Creates Energy Fission Heats Water Boils Water Moves Turbines Creates Steam in reactor Powers Generator ELECTRICITY!
Advantages Disadvantages and • Less Pollutants • Less Plants • Unlimited • More energy • Nuclear Weapons? • Nuclear Waste • 40-50 years
Chernobyl April 28, 1986 Power Transient 8 out of 15 control rods Pressure build up Two explosions Steam generators • Flawed reactor design #4 • Acute radiation syndrome • Two plant workers • 28 community
Westinghouse Electric Company Provides: 50% of 440 plants Reactor Safest Economical Generation III+ reactor Design Certification (USNRC) • Fuel • Services • Technology • Plant design • Equipment
AP1000 at a Glance • Expense • Operation • Maintenance
Sources • http://www.westinghousenuclear.com/Community/WhatIsNuclearEnergy.shtm • http://www.kids.esdb.bg/uranium.html • http://library.thinkquest.org/3471/nuclear_energy_body.html • http://www.ap1000.westinghousenuclear.com/ • http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/chernobyl/inf07app.html