name the device which convert nuclear energy to electrical energy
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That is Nuclear Device located in nuclear power plant
Answer:
A device for converting nuclear energy into electrical energy that consists of a radioactive nuclide, preferably a core of lithium surrounded by a coating of lithium hydride, an energy converting material encasing the nuclide, and a pair of terminals connected in the converting material.
Explanation:
The converting material is preferably silicon with p-type and n-type impurities diffused therein, defining opposite conductivity regions separated by a junction. The terminals are connected to the corresponding regions, and electron-hole pairs are formed in the regions as a result of beta particle bombardment from the nuclide, resulting in a current flow across the junction and an electrical potential across the terminals. The device can be used in conjunction with an artificial cardiac pacemaker to stimulate the pacemaker. A nuclear reactor, also known as a power plant, is a collection of machines that can control nuclear fission to generate electricity. Pellets of the element uranium are used as fuel in nuclear reactors to produce nuclear fission. Uranium atoms are forced to disintegrate in a nuclear reactor. The atoms split, releasing tiny particles known as fission products. Fission products split other uranium atoms, triggering a chain reaction. Heat is produced by the energy released by this chain reaction. The heat produced by nuclear fission warms the cooling agent in the reactor.