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What was the original use of the element Americium?
It might not seem obvious, but the "original use" of the element Americium was as a tool of scientific investigation. Americium is a synthetic element, so it was made in a nuclear reactor facility by exposing plutonium to the neutron flux in the operating core. It was produced in small quantities to investigate its nuclear, chemical and physical properties. That's what it was originally used for. You can read about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americium
Do Breeder reactor and nuclear reactor have similarities?
A breeder reactor is one type of nuclear reactor, but not a type that is in general commercial use at the present time
How would you use nuclear in a sentence?
the nuclear reactor exploded
In what decade did the use of nuclear power begin?
It could be argued that the use of nuclear power began in the 1950's when a nuclear reactor in the Idaho desert supplied electric power to a local community.
What is nuclear energies most common use?
That released by fission in a nuclear reactor
What is the main use of nuclear reactor?
To produce electricity
Can a nuclear reactor be used as a nuclear weapon?
No. LLNL even tested several Uranium-Hydride bombs in the 1950s. Even though their computer models said the devices should explode, none gave a nuclear yield. One could use the waste from the reactor as a Radiological Weapon, but the reactor itself is not useful as a weapon.
What is a device that harness a controlled nuclear chain reaction to produce useful energy?
A nuclear reactor will do what is asked here. Use the link below to the related question about what a nuclear reactor is.
How do you use radioactive material?
If you are a smart guy, you can make a nuclear bomb, or a nuclear reactor...
How does a nuclear reactor eliminate heat?
Heat is eliminated through use of reactor coolant passing over the nuclear fuel in the primary coolant loops.
Use small prototype of the nuclear reactor in vehicles?
not practical
What is the difference between a bioreactor and nuclear reactor?
A nuclear reactor uses either nuclear fission or nuclear fusion to generate electricity, while bio-reactors use the excretions of many animals to generate electricity.
