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NUCLEAR POWER IN SOUTH AFRICA (NUCLEAR POWER STATION (nuclear power…
NUCLEAR POWER IN SOUTH AFRICA
SA only has one nuclear power station in Cape Town
the Koeberg nuclear power station supplies 5% of SA's electricity
NUCLEAR ENERGY
large amount of energy is contained in an atom
nuclear energy is in all sorts of atoms
in nuclear energy there is uranium
nuclear energy is released when the nucleus of an uranium atom is split during a process called NUCLEAR FISSION
NUCLEAR POWER STATION
nuclear power station use uranium fuel
uranium is being exploited in mines
when the atom is split large amount of energy is released
the stations don't have cooling towers
the electricity is sent to the national electricity network
THE NATIONAL ELECTRICITY NETWORK
is a network of electricity cables and powermasts throughout SA
1=GENERATION
2=TRANSMISSION
3=DISTRIBUTION
4=CONSUMERS