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How do nuclear power stations work?
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Once nuclear fission takes place inside a nuclear reactor, the chain reaction has to be controlled, or moderated. The reactor's core of uranium is surrounded with a substance that slows down and absorbs the escaping neutrons.

The moderating material becomes heated. In a nuclear power station, steam generated by this heat is used to drive the turbines to produce electricity.

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Date Added: 13 Dec '11


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