Nuclear+Power+around+the+World

= Nuclear Power around the World =

** How many nuclear reactors are operational around the world? **
There are over 430 nuclear reactors in use around the world. The first power stations started operation in the 1950's. Today these reactors are spread out over 31 countries and provide over 13.5% of the world's electricity.

Where are they located?
Nuclear reactors are located all around the world. The United States, France, Japan, Korea, Canada and The United Kingdom have the most nuclear reactors out all the countries. Amount of nuclear reactors: The United States- 104 France- 58 Japan- 50 Korea- 23 Canada- 19 The United Kingdom- 16





** Which country is the largest producer of nuclear power? **
The United States is the largest producer of nuclear power. We produced over 19% of the total electrical power since the year 1990. We currently have 100 nuclear reactors in use today and 3 under construction. These nuclear reactors are spread out among 31 states.

** Report the number of nuclear power plants and their location in the United States. **
There are 100 active nuclear reactors in the U.S. today. Most of these nuclear reactors are located in the eastern states and very few are in south western states like California. The map below shows exactly where they are all located.



**Report the nuclear generation and capacity of the power plants in the United States**.
The first nuclear power plants The first fully commercial nuclear power plant was made in the United States and had the capacity of 250 MW. (Megawatts.) The Palo Verde Plant located in Arizona uses three reactors and has the largest combined generating capacity at 3,942 MW. Meanwhile in Nebraska, Fort Calhoun only has one reactor and the smallest capacity at only 478 MW.

** Name the two types of reactor power plants in operation in the U.S.? What are the basic differences? **
There are two types of nuclear reactors that we use in the United States. We use the presurized water reactor (PWR), and the boiling water reactor (BWR). In both of these plants, the steam that they produce is used again when it turns into water. However in a presurized water reactor, the water under pressure will never boil, it will only heat up. The water from the reactor and the water that turns into steam both go into seperate pipes and never mix. While in a boiling water reactor water does boil. The water that is heated during fission boils and is turned into steam that turns the generator.





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