Nuclear Power Plant
A nuclear power plant is a thermal power station in which the heat source is a nuclear reactor. As in a conventional thermal power station the heat is used to generate steam which drives a steam turbine connected to a generator which produces electricity. As of February 2, 2012, there were 439 nuclear power plants in operation.
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... levels set off alarms at the Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant in Sweden, over one thousand kilometers from the Chernobyl Plant, did the Soviet Union admit that an accident had occurred ... message was read on the state TV There has been an accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant ... One of the nuclear reactors was damaged ...
... The Levy County Nuclear Power Plant is a proposed nuclear power plant in Levy County, Florida ... Since Progress filed its application for the new plant in 2008 demand for electricity has been growing very slowly, and natural gas prices are now very low ... a rerun of the 1970s and 1980s, when the majority of nuclear construction plans were canceled or abandoned ...
... A number of new designs for nuclear power generation, collectively known as the Generation IV reactors, are the subject of active research and may be used for practical power generation in the future ... and/or less of a risk to the proliferation of nuclear weapons ... Passively safe plants (such as the ESBWR) are available to be built and other designs that are believed to be nearly fool-proof are being pursued ...
4.3493833°E / 51.2589194 4.3493833 (Pylon at Antwerp Harbour) Chimney of Tihange Nuclear Power Plant Tihange 161 m (528 ft) 50°32′4.08″N 5°16′17.48″E ...
... A referendum on extending the operation of the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant was held in Lithuania on 12 October 2008, despite the fact that Lithuania is obliged to close down Ignalina per its treaty of accession to ... on the statement "I approve of the extension of operation of the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant for a technically safe period, but not longer than completion of the construction of a new nuclear power plant." ...
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