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NUCLEAR POWER

NUCLEAR POWER. Presented By Charles Shoemaker. Nuclear Power Generation. Similar to any other power plant Difference: Heat source used to power turbine generators Today’s Power Plants use fission Fusion, a viable alternative. Fission power. Fission Reactor Enriched Uranium-235

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NUCLEAR POWER

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  1. NUCLEAR POWER Presented By Charles Shoemaker

  2. Nuclear Power Generation • Similar to any other power plant • Difference: Heat source used to power turbine generators • Today’s Power Plants use fission • Fusion, a viable alternative

  3. Fission power • Fission Reactor • Enriched Uranium-235 • Induced fission creates heat and radiation • Control Rods: Use to keep reaction at critical mass but prevent a meltdown

  4. Fusion • Benefits over fission: Large fuel source, less radioactive byproduct, safer reaction • Experimental reactors are in use • Challenges of fusion: Overcoming natural repulsion of atoms

  5. Works Cited • Free Information Society: http://www.freeinfosociety.com/site.php?postnum=3115 • The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI). "Resources & Stats." 2008. (Aug. 15, 2008) • ITER: http://www.iter.org/ • CPEP : http://fusedweb.llnl.gov/CPEP/Chart_Pages/4.CreatingConditions.html • How Stuff Works: http://science.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-power.htm

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