06-09-2017, 11:13 AM
A nuclear power plant or a nuclear power plant is a thermal power plant in which the heat source is a nuclear reactor. As is typical in all conventional thermal power plants, heat is used to generate steam which drives a steam turbine connected to an electric generator that produces electricity. As of 23 April 2014, the IAEA report has 449 nuclear power reactors in operation in 31 countries.
Nuclear power stations are often considered base load stations, since fuel is a small part of the cost of production. Their operations and maintenance (O & M) and fuel costs are, along with hydroelectric plants, at the lower end of the spectrum and make them suitable as base energy providers. However, the cost of spent fuel management is somewhat uncertain.
Electricity was generated by a nuclear reactor for the first time on September 3, 1948 at the X-10 Graphite Reactor in Oak Ridge, Tennessee in the United States, which was the first nuclear power plant to power a light bulb. The second largest experiment occurred on December 20, 1951 at the EBR-I Experimental Station near Arco, Idaho in the United States. On June 27, 1954, the world's first nuclear power plant to generate electricity for an electric grid began operating in the Soviet city of Obninsk. The world's first full-scale power station, Calder Hall in England, was inaugurated on October 17, 1956. The first full-scale power plant exclusively dedicated to electricity production (Calder Hall was also intended to produce plutonium), Shippingport power plant in the United States, connected to the network on December 18, 1957.
Nuclear power stations are often considered base load stations, since fuel is a small part of the cost of production. Their operations and maintenance (O & M) and fuel costs are, along with hydroelectric plants, at the lower end of the spectrum and make them suitable as base energy providers. However, the cost of spent fuel management is somewhat uncertain.
Electricity was generated by a nuclear reactor for the first time on September 3, 1948 at the X-10 Graphite Reactor in Oak Ridge, Tennessee in the United States, which was the first nuclear power plant to power a light bulb. The second largest experiment occurred on December 20, 1951 at the EBR-I Experimental Station near Arco, Idaho in the United States. On June 27, 1954, the world's first nuclear power plant to generate electricity for an electric grid began operating in the Soviet city of Obninsk. The world's first full-scale power station, Calder Hall in England, was inaugurated on October 17, 1956. The first full-scale power plant exclusively dedicated to electricity production (Calder Hall was also intended to produce plutonium), Shippingport power plant in the United States, connected to the network on December 18, 1957.