{"id":25482,"date":"2017-10-23T09:53:37","date_gmt":"2017-10-23T07:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rinconeducativo.org\/recursos-educativos\/funcionamiento-de-una-central-nuclear\/"},"modified":"2024-12-19T09:37:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T08:37:04","slug":"how-does-nuclear-power-plant-work-2","status":"publish","type":"re_recurso","link":"https:\/\/rinconeducativo.org\/en\/recursos-educativos\/how-does-nuclear-power-plant-work-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How does a nuclear power plant work?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It is basically the same operating cycle, the only thing that varies is how the steam is produced in the reactor, which depends on the reactor technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following video explains how a nuclear power plant works, using a boiling water reactor as an example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nuclear Reactor - Understanding how it works | Physics Elearnin\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1U6Nzcv9Vws?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: Elearnin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How does a nuclear power plant work? 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