In a nuclear power plant, nuclear reactions are used to heat steam, which turns a turbine. What energy conversion is happening in a nuclear power plant?

A. Heat energy to nuclear energy to electrical energy to kinetic energy

B. Nuclear energy to heat energy to kinetic energy to electrical energy

C. Electrical energy to chemical energy to kinetic energy to heat energy

D. Chemical energy to heat energy to kinetic energy to nuclear energy

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Physics

Richard Franco

3 August, 01:37

In a nuclear power plant, nuclear reactions are used to heat steam, which turns a turbine. What energy conversion is happening in a nuclear power plant?

A. Heat energy to nuclear energy to electrical energy to kinetic energy

B. Nuclear energy to heat energy to kinetic energy to electrical energy

C. Electrical energy to chemical energy to kinetic energy to heat energy

D. Chemical energy to heat energy to kinetic energy to nuclear energy

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Dante Dudley · Answer 1

In a nuclear power plant, you start off with uranium (nuclear energy), and a lot of that nuclear energy is released by heat energy. Heat then boils water and drives a turbine for a generator, which creates kinetic energy, which produces electrical energy.

In other words, your answer is B.