Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
Statement I:The reactor is the heart of any nuclear power plant.
Statement II:In the case of nuclear power plants, except for the reactor, the technology is exactly similar to any other fossil-fuelled power plant.
ABoth Statement I and Statement II are true ✓ Correct
BBoth Statement I and Statement II are false
CStatement I is true but Statement II is false
DStatement I is false but Statement II is true
Correct answer: (A) Both Statement I and Statement II are true
Explanation
Statement 1 is correct, as the reactor is the core of a nuclear power plant where fission releases heat.
That heat converts water to steam to drive the plant.
Statement 2 is also correct, since apart from the reactor the plant resembles a fossil-fuel station.
Both use steam turbines coupled to generators to produce electricity.
The reactor simply replaces the fossil-fuel boiler as the heat source.
This is why nuclear plants are also called steam-electric stations.
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