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Uranium is the radioactive element used in nuclear power plants these days. This element has a very high energy content.
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Does Nuclear fission as used in nuclear power plants produces radioactive waste with long half lives?
yes, Nuclear fission as used in nuclear power plants produces radioactive waste with long half lives. However, this creates no problems. This wastes are either confined in the spent nuclear fuel (that is stored either in wet storage or in dry storage facilities) or stored as vitrified nuclear waste.
An alternative to oil resources but it is requires careful disposal of the radioactive waste which is produced?
Plutionium, Uranium and/or Americum can all be used to fuel a nuclear fission power station
The difference between nuclear waste and nuclear weapons?
The exact contents of radioactive waste from a nuclear power plant and radioactive fallout from a nuclear weapon can vary widely but are likely to be similar in their primary isotopes.The major difference between the radioactive waste from a nuclear power plant and radioactive fallout from a nuclear weapon is that the waste is normally contained and will not enter the environment (unless an accident happens) while the fallout is dispersed into the environment and is carried by the wind (sometimes all the way around the world multiple times).
Where has nuclear fission been used?
Nuclear fission has been used in nuclear bombs and is currently being used in every nuclear power plant on the earth.
Is the use of high level radioactive waste from nuclear power station for the production of the raw materials for nuclear weapons a justifiable proposition?
High level radioactive waste would have no potential for producing a nuclear explosion, so your question is puzzling. Perhaps you mean production of a dirty bomb, which terrorists might use to contaminate an area by spreading radioactive material around using a conventional explosive. That is obviously not justified unless you are a terrorist.Plutonium can be extracted from spent uranium fuel and used in nuclear weapons, but I would not describe it as high level radioactive waste, plutonium is only mildly radioactive.In fact I think at present in the US and in Russia, the stockpile of nuclear weapons is being reduced and some of the fissile material is going into civil nuclear reactor fuel.
What is a radioactive metal that is used as a source for nuclear power?
Uranium
Radioactive metal used in nuclear power plants?
I think it is uranium
Which metal is used for radioactive nuclear fuel?
Uranium
What is the radioactive metal used in nuclear reactor?
Uranium is the most common.
Can you get power from the radioactive element Uranium?
Yes, the radioactive decay of Uranium-235 is used to produce power in nuclear power plants.
What metal is a radioactive nuclear fuel?
Uranium is the most used nuclear fuel. Plutonium can also be used, but it has to be separated from used uranium fuel
Why is uranium used in nuclear power production?
Uranium is a radioactive substance. Nuclear power production is carried out by the energy supplied by nuclear reactors. Nuclear reactors control the energy emission by nuclear fission reaction in radioactive substance when bombarded by neutrons.
What is the radioactive metal used in power plants?
I suppose you must mean uranium, it is slightly radioactive.
What is the definition of uranium?
Uranium is a solid metal, natural chemical element with 3 natural isotopes, radioactive, with the atomic number 92, used as fuel in nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons.
What is the radioactive metal used in power stations?
Uranium, but in oxide form
What makes plutonium unique?
Plutonium is an artificial metal, very toxic, reactive and radioactive. Plutonium is used in nuclear fuels and nuclear weapons.
Do nuclear power plants make electricity from fossil fuel?
No. Nuclear power plants use a uranium to provide the heat to generate electricity from. By splitting the nuclei of uranium atoms (called nuclear fission), energy is released, which will be used for electricity generation. Uranium is a radioactive metal, not a fossil fuel.
