: [[Nuclear Fuel]] can be used to provide [[power]] by generating electricity that can be sent to houses and industry.
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: 1. '''Nuclear Fuel''' undergoes a [[Nuclear Reaction|nuclear reaction]] in the [[Reactor Core|reactor core]].
: 2. Water in the [[Reactor Core|reactor core]] is heated and passed through a [[Heat Exchanger|heat exchanger]].
: 3. Water in the [[Reactor Core|reactor core]] becomes contaminated with [[radioactive]] [[material]] so the [[Heat Exchanger|heat exchanger]] heats up uncontaminated water.
: 3. The uncontaminated water turns to steam and passes down pipes to turn a turbine.
: 4. The turbine causes a generator to spin.
: 5. The generator makes an electrical current.
====Advantages====
*Can work continuously.
*Power supply can be varied depending on demand.
*Few power stations needed to supply a large number of houses.
*High energy density (1kg of Uranium can provide the same energy as 10,000kg of coal).
====Disadvantages====
*Cost of fuel.
*Difficult to safely dispose of nuclear waste.
*There is a small risk of meltdown.
==Key Stage 4==
===Meaning===
'''Nuclear Fuel''' is a [[radioactive]] [[material]] which can be used to generate electricty.
===About Nuclear Fuel===
: '''Nuclear Fuel''' has [[energy]] in its [[Nuclear Potential Energy Store|nuclear potential energy store]] which can be easily transferred into its [[Thermal Energy Store|thermal energy store]].
: The most common '''nuclear fuels''' are [[Uranium-235]] and [[Plutonium-239]].
: '''Nuclear Fuel''' transfers energy to the [[Thermal Energy Store|thermal energy store]] during a [[Nuclear Reaction|nuclear reaction]].
: '''Nuclear Fuel''' is very dangerous because it is [[radioactive]] which causes harm to living [[organism]]s.:
: When '''nuclear fuel''' is used the waste products are still [[radioactive]] so they must be buried deep underground where they cannot harm living [[organism]]s.
===Power===
: [[Nuclear Fuel]] can be used to provide [[power]] by generating electricity that can be sent to houses and industry.
: A [[Nuclear Fuel|Nuclear]] [[Power Station]] [[Energy Transfer|transfers]] [[energy]] from the [[Nuclear Potential Energy Store|chemical potential energy store]] of the [[Nuclear Fuel]] to our homes by [[electricity]].
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