Industrial Uses for Nuclear Energy?

[LatexZone]

Homework Statement

I can't figure out any Industrial Uses for Nuclear Energy...

Homework Equations

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The Attempt at a Solution

I know that domestic uses would be that it creates Electricity for our homes..but what are the industrial uses?

 

[mgb_phys]

I know that domestic uses would be that it creates Electricity for our homes..but what are the industrial uses?

it creates Electricity for our factories?

 

[LatexZone]

But that's Domestic usage.

Ok, then what would a domestic usage be? :P

 

[iRaid]

Electricity in our homes.

 

[LatexZone]

It just makes electricity as an alternative to burning fossil fuels then, yes? It doesn't do anything else domestically or industrially.

 

[mgb_phys]

It just makes electricity as an alternative to burning fossil fuels then, yes? It doesn't do anything else domestically or industrially.

Pretty much, in ships you can use the turbines to directly drive the propeller but on modern ships it would probably still make electricity to drive azipods.

There was an idea to use a reactor to generate steam for oil sands extraction but sanity prevailed.

 

[Borek]

It just makes electricity as an alternative to burning fossil fuels then, yes? It doesn't do anything else domestically or industrially.

What about production of isotopes?

 

[Pengwuino]

What about production of isotopes?

Bah beat me to it! Reactors are indeed sources of radioactive samples used in various medical fields.

 

[Borek]

And smoke detectors. And killing KGB defectors. And self illuminated clocks. Many practical uses.

 

[LatexZone]

Nuclear Energy is used to make Smoke Detectors work?

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What are some Industrial uses for Kinetic Energy? lol? Frustrating me and I can't do this.

 

[Borek]

Nuclear Energy is used to make Smoke Detectors work?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoke_detector#Ionization

 

[LatexZone]

I don't get it xD

 

[Borek]

In short: isotope radiation makes the air ionized. Air resistivity is a function of number of ions. Presence of smoke changes the ionization level. You measure air resistivity - when there is a sudden change, you detected smoke some contamination, most likely smoke.

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