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The nuclear fuel in the weapons can be used, especially the U-235 content. In fact I believe this is being done in the US with weapons being deactivated. The U-235 will have been enriched to a high level for weapons so the process involves mixing it with depleted U (mostly U-238) to get the required 5 percent or so for reactor fuel. Plutonium can also be used when extracted from weapons, but this requires another plant for producing fuel with a mixture of U and Pu, so called MOX fuel. I don't think there is a plant in the US to do this at present, but it will no doubt come, with excess Pu available it is the best thing to do with it.
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What does nuclear energy include?
Mostly power plants operating with fission reactors. Also experiments with nuclear fusion, and nuclear weapons
Should nuclear energy be banned?
Actually it is good and bad. Nuclear energy can save many people lives but in can be used as nuclear weapons which are super dangerous. resulting in explosions.
What is the plan to reduce energy costs?
The plan to reduce energy costs are to switch from fossil fuel to nuclear energy because nuclear energy can be recycled to help the earth so it doesn't pollute! Plus their is more nuclear energy than fossil fuel so therefore you pay less.
What area of technology might be associated with nuclear energy?
The area of technology associated with nuclear energy is nuclear technology. Forms of nuclear technology include nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons.
What does nuclear energy release?
It releases heat through absorption of the kinetic energy of the fragments of fission in the material of the fuel rods (talking of nuclear reactors, not weapons)
What are nuclear weapon?
Nuclear weapons are weapons which are fueled by nuclear energy. Examples of weapons that can be fueled by nuclear energy are missile warheads and bombs.
Uranium was use in the development of the?
Nuclear energy Nuclear weapons
Who did uranium energy impact the world when it was discovery?
Appearance of nuclear energy and nuclear weapons.
What is the definition of the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex?
All the facilities used by the US to prepare the materials for nuclear weapons, build nuclear weapons, design and test new nuclear weapons. This is all lead by the Department Of Energy.
What would happen if uranium wasn't extracted?
No nuclear energy, no nuclear weapons
What are common uses of nuclear energy?
Most uses include energy and weapons although some nuclear energy is used for materials.
What is the difference between nuclear weapons and normal weapons?
energy release aka yield
In how many ways can the energy of uranium be used?
Only in nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons.
What do you find uranium's?
Because uranium is very important for nuclear energy and nuclear weapons.
Where would disarmed nuclear weapons be stored in the event of nuclear disarmament?
They would be dismantled, non-nuclear parts cut up and scrapped, nuclear parts stored in secure facility. Some recycled to maintain other weapons, hopefully some used in reactor fuel.
How do you dispose of aging nuclear weapons?
They are taken to a plant that manufactures nuclear weapons (in the U.S. the Pantex Plant near Amarillo, Texas) where they are carefully dismantled and those parts whose materials can be reused to make new nuclear weapons are recycled. The chemical explosives are usually burned to safely dispose of them.
What are the future uses of nuclear energy?
In the future the uses remain the same: production of electrical and thermal energy and nuclear weapons.
