NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

• COST- SITE SELECTION • SAFETY- TO AVOID

POPULATION DENSITY- INTERFERANCE WITH OTHER BUILDING/ ACTIVITY

• PROFILERATION- TO DENY ACCESS TO UNWANTED PERSONNEL

• WASTE-IS STORED IN

• BOROSILICATE GLASS AND THEN STORING IN LEAK TIGHT CAPSULES. THESE CAPSULES ARE STORED IN DEEP SALT MINES OR WELLS DRILLED IN OCEAN FLOORS.

• LIQUID EFFLUENTS-PERSONNEL CLOTHINGS PASSED THROUGH ION EXCHANGE RESINS

• GASEOUS EFFLUENTS-99 % OF 10 MICRON PARTICLES THROUGH FILTRATIONS

URANIUM

• GASEOUS DIFFUSION METHOD

• ULTRA CENTRIFUGES• THERMAL DIFFUSION• ELECTROMAGNETIC

DIFFUSION

• URANIUM+ HYDRO FLOURIC ACID

• URANIUM HEXAFLOURIDE WITH MORE % OF U 235.

• CALCIUM + FLOURIDE AND REST IS ENRICHED URANIUM.

FUEL RODS

COMPONENTS

REACTOR CORE

ENERGY CALCULATIONS

• HOW much electric energy could theoretically be produced by the destruction of 1 g of matter?

• What is the energy equivalence of 1 amu?• What are the total binding energy and the

binding energy per nucleon for the 8 O 16 isotope?

• How much power is generated by fissioning of 1 g of U235 per day?

ASSIGNMENT

• THE RATING OF A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT FOR SUBMARINE IS 5 MW. OVERALL EFFICIENCY IS 30 %. FUEL IS U 235. FIND THE AMOUNT OF NATURAL URANIUM NEEDED TO GENERATE THIS POWER IF THE AVERAGE ENERGY RELEASE PER FISSION FOR THIS FUEL IS 190 Mev?

NUMERICAL