Nuclear+power+around+the+world

= Nuclear Power around the world = ==


 * Nuclear Power- electric or motive power generated by a nuclear reactor.
 * 430 commercial nuclear reactors are operating in 31 different countries with 372,000 MWe (megawatts) of electrical output
 * The United States are leading the way in usage of nuclear power but Eastern Europe and Asia are catching up
 * There are 65 operating nuclear power plants In the United States. 36 of the nuclear power plants have 2 or more nuclear reactors


 * Power plants have generated 20 percent of the United State's electricity each year since 1990.
 * The capacity of the nuclear power plants in the United States is 1055 GWe (Gigawatts).
 * The 2 types of reactor power plants in operation of the U.S. are Pressurized Water Reactors (PWRs) and Boiling Water Reactors (BWRs).
 * The difference between the 2 is that (PWRs) is that has water at over 300°C under pressure in its primary cooling to heat circuit, and in the secondary it creates steam. While above the reactor core (BWRs) creates steam in the primary circuit.

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