Comments on Puzzle #14981: Where Do You Get All That Energy? #2
By Teresa K (fasstar)
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quality: difficulty: solvability: line & color logic only
Puzzle Description:
Energy Resource: Fission. In nuclear power plants like this one, neutrons collide with uranium atoms, splitting them inside the core (red). This releases neutrons that in turn collide with other atoms, causing a chain reaction. Fission releases energy that heats water to about 520 degrees F in the core of the plant. This hot water is then used to spin turbines that are connected to generators which produce electricity. The steam is cooled by water that is piped in from and out to the cooling tower.
#1: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Jun 28, 2011 [SPOILER]
she's backkkkkk...its electrifing#2: Teresa K (fasstar) on Jun 28, 2011 [SPOILER]
The largest nuclear plant in the USA is Palo Verde in Arizona.#3: Teresa K (fasstar) on Jun 28, 2011 [SPOILER]
The first commercial nuclear plant in the USA opened in 1957 at Shippingport, Pennsylvania.
The Three Mile Island incident in Pennsylvania in 1979 halted all new American expansion. Then the Chernobyl tragedy occurred in the Ukraine in 1986 with a total meltdown. The recent nuclear disaster in Japan was a partial meltdown, with three power plant explosions that released radiation. The Fukushima incident received the same severity rating - level 7 - as Chernobyl.
Japan's nuclear power plant: What went wrong?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g53h2zt2PT0
Around the world there are an estimated 440 commercial nuclear reactors. Most are in the USA, but France has 59, Russia has 31 and Canada, 18. About 15 percent of the world’s electricity is generated by means of nuclear power.
(Reuters)June 28, 2011 - Tons of radioactive water were discovered on Tuesday to have leaked into the ground from Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, the latest in a series of leaks at the plant damaged in a March earthquake and tsunami, the country's nuclear watchdog said.#4: Aldege Cholette (aldege) on Jun 28, 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/28/us-japan-nuclear-idUKTRE75Q1EV20110628?type=companyNews
excellent Teresa.#5: Janet (jltho) on Jun 29, 2011
This was fun to solve plus informative! Thanks for all the info#6: Meg Tayler (Rebelcat) on Jun 29, 2011
Not only a neat subject, but a fun puzzle to solve, too! Well done!#7: Meg Tayler (Rebelcat) on Jun 29, 2011
Not only a neat subject, but a fun puzzle to solve, too! Well done!#8: annalivia (annalivia) on Jul 2, 2011 [SPOILER]
thanks for this one! ditto all the above!#9: Linda Martin (ilovethispuzzle123) on Jul 3, 2011
all energy sources seem fraught with problems and/or danger. even hunkering around a fire in a cave... smoke inhalation plus the danger of burns. not to mention not being able to see the tv screen because of the smoke. :-)
interesting - fun solve!
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