https://padlet.com/baileycauthen/tpwye7dnws4q en-us 2017-10-05 13:51:37 UTC 2025-09-27 08:37:30 UTC hello@padlet.com baileycauthen https://padlet.com/baileycauthen/tpwye7dnws4q/wish/194310280 - Depth is the key aspect of designing nuclear power plants. The goal of most of them is to provide three levels of containment between society and dangerous radiation.
- This building is typically made of steel and is very large with a domed roof.
- The inside houses the reactor and coding system and the building itself is made to withstand pressures of up to 50 pounds per square inch.
- There are usually fans to keep temperatures down as well as devices called ring headers that spray water in order to reduce pressure.

]]> 2017-10-05 13:52:36 UTC https://padlet.com/baileycauthen/tpwye7dnws4q/wish/194310280 baileycauthen https://padlet.com/baileycauthen/tpwye7dnws4q/wish/194315770 - These buildings are typical enclosed and made of concrete.
- They house things like support systems to cool radioactive material, emergency cooling systems, and other emergency systems.
- BWR (Boiling Water Reactors) heat water until it boils and then uses the steam to drive a turbine.
- PWR (Pressurized Water Reactors) heat water as well, but do not allow it to boil. The heat is then shared with a turbine.]]> 2017-10-05 14:01:44 UTC https://padlet.com/baileycauthen/tpwye7dnws4q/wish/194315770 baileycauthen https://padlet.com/baileycauthen/tpwye7dnws4q/wish/194356239 - This building is typically an enclosed metal space.
- It houses several important aspects of the plant such as:
Turbine and generator: These provide the right kind of energy (mechanical) for the plant to run. Cooling systems for the turbine and generator are also included in the turbine building.
Condenser/condensate/feedwater systems: This system simply supplies water to the generator.
Electrical switchgear rooms: This is where the electricity that runs the plant is managed.

]]> 2017-10-05 15:08:31 UTC https://padlet.com/baileycauthen/tpwye7dnws4q/wish/194356239 baileycauthen https://padlet.com/baileycauthen/tpwye7dnws4q/wish/194470031 - This building is usually made of reinforced concrete.
- The primary focus here is to bring in water from local sources such as lakes and rivers to cool various machinery (such as the condenser).]]> 2017-10-05 19:04:32 UTC https://padlet.com/baileycauthen/tpwye7dnws4q/wish/194470031 baileycauthen https://padlet.com/baileycauthen/tpwye7dnws4q/wish/194470685 - This building serves as a place for storage of new and spent fuel.
- The spent fuel is stored on steel racks in a forty-foot pool.
- New fuel is inspected here as well as put away safely for storage. ]]> 2017-10-05 19:06:04 UTC https://padlet.com/baileycauthen/tpwye7dnws4q/wish/194470685 baileycauthen https://padlet.com/baileycauthen/tpwye7dnws4q/wish/194471371 - This building, of course, houses the generator but also its various supporting systems.
- The generator serves as a backup to provide electricity to various systems in the event that something were to happen to the main source.]]> 2017-10-05 19:07:31 UTC https://padlet.com/baileycauthen/tpwye7dnws4q/wish/194471371