Which is the process used to harness nuclear energy these days? Explain it briefly.
The nuclear power is harnessed in the nuclear power plants by the nuclear fission process. Fission process occurs in a Uranium atom which produces a high amount of energy as 10 million times the energy produced from carbon.
Nuclear fission:- Nuclear fission is the phenomenon of splitting a heavy nuclei into two or more light nuclei. In this, the difference in the mass ∆m, between the original nucleus and the product nuclei gets converted to energy E at the rate a, and governed by the Einstein- mass energy relation:-
E = ∆mc2 ; Where c is the velocity of light
Advantages:-
1. Less use of fossil fuels implies lower emission of greenhouse gas.
2. It provides 200 mev energy in the fission of a single U235 nucleus.
3. Further this released energy is used as heat and then this heat is used to boil the water which releases steam. Then the steam is used to turn the turbine to generate electricity.
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