Nuclear power plant lecture 1

1. NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
• COST- SITE SELECTION
• SAFETY- TO AVOID
POPULATION DENSITY-
INTERFERANCE WITH
OTHER BUILDING/ ACTIVITY
• PROFILERATION- TO DENY
ACCESS TO UNWANTED
PERSONNEL
• WASTE-IS STORED IN
• BOROSILICATE GLASS AND
THEN STORING IN LEAK
TIGHT CAPSULES. THESE
CAPSULES ARE STORED IN
DEEP SALT MINES OR WELLS
DRILLED IN OCEAN FLOORS.
• LIQUID EFFLUENTS-
PERSONNEL CLOTHINGS
PASSED THROUGH ION
EXCHANGE RESINS
• GASEOUS EFFLUENTS-99 %
OF 10 MICRON PARTICLES
THROUGH FILTRATIONS

2. URANIUM

3. • GASEOUS DIFFUSION
METHOD
• ULTRA CENTRIFUGES
• THERMAL DIFFUSION
• ELECTROMAGNETIC
DIFFUSION
• URANIUM+ HYDRO
FLOURIC ACID
• URANIUM
HEXAFLOURIDE WITH
MORE % OF U 235.
• CALCIUM + FLOURIDE
AND REST IS ENRICHED
URANIUM.

5. FUEL RODS

6. COMPONENTS

7. REACTOR CORE

16. ENERGY CALCULATIONS
• HOW much electric energy could theoretically
be produced by the destruction of 1 g of
matter?
• What is the energy equivalence of 1 amu?
• What are the total binding energy and the
binding energy per nucleon for the 8 O 16
isotope?
• How much power is generated by fissioning of
1 g of U235 per day?

17. ASSIGNMENT
• THE RATING OF A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
FOR SUBMARINE IS 5 MW. OVERALL
EFFICIENCY IS 30 %. FUEL IS U 235. FIND THE
AMOUNT OF NATURAL URANIUM NEEDED TO
GENERATE THIS POWER IF THE AVERAGE
ENERGY RELEASE PER FISSION FOR THIS FUEL
IS 190 Mev?

18. NUMERICAL