How do nuclear power plnts generate the heat energy to turn water into steam?

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Raphael Foster

Physics

28 April, 22:33

How do nuclear power plnts generate the heat energy to turn water into steam?

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Konner Farrell · Answer 1

Elements such as Uranium have isotopes that have a relatively unstable nucleas, which can be disrupted by firing protons at it which causes fission, a process where the element split into daughter elements, this fission process releases vast amounts of energy which is used to turn the water into steam.