The Purpose of Generating Steam Within a Nuclear Power Plant

question 115

Multiple Choice

The purpose of generating steam within a nuclear power plant reactor core is, like other energy producing systems, to

• A) generate heat to heat buildings
• B) turn a turbine which generates electricity
• C) use the radioactivity to drive industrial processes
• D) create light that is transferred to factories and local industries
• E) Turbines are not part of nuclear reactor cores