Nuclear Power Plant - How a Nuclear Reactor Works [Half-life, video 04]

How is energy produced in a nuclear power plant?
This animation explains the role of four important components / concepts in nuclear power generation in a nuclear fission reactor: fuel rods, moderator, control rods and heat exchange.
There are various designs of nuclear fission reactors. This animation is based primarily on the advanced gas cooled reactor design. The concepts covered in this animation are in principle are transferable across most / all designs.
* Bonus feature. A free quiz on the content covered in the animation: physicshq.wixsite.com/alevelp... *
Relevant concepts: radioactivity, nuclear fission, induced fission, nuclear power, nuclear reactor, fission reaction, uranium-235, chain reaction, and melt down.
Essential learning for OCR physics A, AQA A-Level physics, Edexcel A-Levrl physics

[@Safwan.Hossain]

This is way better than most info-graphic videos I've seen. Good explanations.

[@kkrazy2263]

At first I thought that this was going to go nowhere but it ended being the only video on this that actually made me understand how a nuclear reactor works.

[@gullafshan6040]

Ur vedioes are really v helpful and amazing

[@thisuserisdead9807]

For my understanding on the chernobyl incident, wasn't it caused by core poisoning due to the core being unable to burn off the gas inside? Thus, making it a gas and heat explosion and not necessarily a nuclear bomb type situation? Please correct me if I'm wrong. Nice video once again.

[@engineerbrothers2377]

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[@gsxerwhite]

How do you actually start the reaction?

[@k.t.1594]

The whole point of having a video is to describe to people not via text what is happening. Otherwise one can read stuff online.