Mechanical Engineering - IC Engines and Nuclear Power Plants - Discussion
Discussion Forum : IC Engines and Nuclear Power Plants - Section 1 (Q.No. 26)
26.
Ordinary water is sometimes used as moderator when enriched uranium is used as a fuel in nuclear power plants.
Discussion:
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Rayudu said:
9 years ago
Ordinary water has low moderating efficiency. So it is used as moderator in nuclear power plants.
Arun vinnu said:
10 years ago
How its possible normal water as boiling point temperature is 100 c but nuclear reactor operating temperature is more than 100 c.
Ashish said:
1 decade ago
Light water reactor because its fuel was not a solid uranium compound cladded with corrosion-resistant material but was composed of uranyl sulfate salt dissolved in water. It is however the first aqueous homogeneous reactor and the first reactor using enriched uranium as fuel and ordinary water as a moderator.
SUGUMARAN said:
1 decade ago
Its not that only water should be used the question means that whether we can use water as moderator. So answer is YES.
Amit Goswami said:
1 decade ago
How can we use normal water?
Hemant said:
1 decade ago
In this system we are using the enrich uranium so we required the moderator to reduce the speed of the reaction so how can we use the normal water.
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