Density - Uranium is very dense. At about 19 grams per cubic centimeter, it is 1. Melting Point - Uranium melts at about 3, degrees Celsius about 6, degrees Fahrenheit. Low Enriched Uranium — contains a U concentration between 0. Most commercial reactor fuel uses low enriched uranium LEU enriched to between 3 percent and 5 percent U.
Highly enriched uranium HEU is used in naval propulsion reactors, nuclear weapons and in some research reactors. Depleted Uranium — contains a U concentration of 0.
It is a co-product of the enrichment process. Once fully operational, the plant will prevent the release of more than 21 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions per year. This is equivalent to removing 3. As the teams at both ENEC and Nawah prepare for the plant to transition from a construction project to an operating facility, they work to ensure that it meets the highest national and international standards of quality, and benefit from global operating experience.
A nuclear reactor produces electricity in much the same way other power plants do. The chain reaction produces the energy, which turns water into steam.
The pressure of the steam turns a generator, which produces electricity. The difference is in how the heat is created. Power plants that run on fossil fuels burn coal, oil or natural gas to generate heat.
In a nuclear energy plant, heat is produced from splitting atoms — a process called nuclear fission. The super-heated water is carried to a steam generator, which is made up of many small pipes. The heat in these pipes is used to turn a second, isolated, supply of water to steam, which is in turn used to drive the turbine.
The water from the reactor is pumped back into the reactor vessel and reheated. The steam from the turbine is cooled in a condenser and the resulting water is sent back to the steam generator.
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