Power Plants Crossword

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  1. 2. in a typical power plant design, it's what turns the electrical generator
  2. 8. there are ____ separate water circulation systems in all power plants
  3. 9. the nuclear accident that occured in the U.S. (three words)
  4. 14. as the electricity leaves the power plant a step-up transformer boosts the voltage so that less electricity is lost as it travels through the power cables. This is called the ____. (three words)
  5. 15. in a nuclear power plant, heat is produced by nuclear ____ in the reactor vessel
Down
  1. 1. what the boiler is designed to produce
  2. 3. as the magnet spins, it creates a flow of ____ in the wire
  3. 4. the nuclear accident that occurred in Japan
  4. 5. the steam passes through a ____ that has cool water circulating inside pipes
  5. 6. a ____ creates pressure in the circulating water so that it can boil the water inside the steam generator
  6. 7. keep the nuclear reaction from getting out of control (two words)
  7. 10. inside the generator are ____ that spin inside loops of coiled copper wire
  8. 11. the turbine has blades similar to a ____
  9. 12. the nuclear accident that occurred in Ukraine
  10. 13. after the steam turns the turbine, it must be cooled and condensed back into ____ water before returning to the boiler