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The most common fuels used in nuclear chain reactions are 235U (uranium) and 239Pu (plutonium).
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How is hydrogen used in nuclear fission?
The heavy isotope of hydrogen (Deuterium) is used in nuclear reactions, it has an extra neutron which is used to bombard on Uranium atoms and a chain process becomes started known as fission.
Spontaneous nuclear fission processes occur by?
chain reactions
What is a benefit of nuclear fussion?
There is a lower risk of runaway chain reactions.
What creates nuclear energy?
Uranium was created in supernova explosions more than 7 billion years ago. The nuclear energy in this uranium is released by nuclear fission of the atomic nuclei in a neutron chain reaction.
What is the other term for a chain reaction in which grows exponentially in nuclear chemistry?
'Nuclear chemistry' is an odd term, what does it mean? Nuclear energy and chemical energy are not at all related, but both can have chain reactions.
Which of these describes a benefit of nuclear fusion?
Hydrogen is more available than uranium-235.
What fuel is used in nuclear power plants?
A nuclear reactor is a device to initiate, control, and sustain a nuclear chain reaction. Nuclear power is energy produced from controlled nuclear reactions. When it comes to just standard fuel across the table it would have to be: Plutonium, Uranium, and Thorium.
How is hydrogen used in nuclear fission?
The heavy isotope of hydrogen (Deuterium) is used in nuclear reactions, it has an extra neutron which is used to bombard on Uranium atoms and a chain process becomes started known as fission.
Spontaneous nuclear fission processes occur by?
chain reactions
How is uranium-238 converted to plutonium-239?
Each isotope of plutonium has its own decay scheme. Plutonium-239 is the most widely used isotope, and it undergoes alpha decay into uranium-235 with a half-life of 2.41 x 104 years (24,100 years). A link is provided to the Wikipedia article on plutonium.
Is fusion a chain reaction?
Not exactly, nuclear chain reactions are a series of nuclear fissions initiated by neutrons produced in a preceding fission.
What are Controlled nuclear chain reactions?
Those reactions that take place in functioning nuclear reactors (i.e not Chernobyl or Fukushima when the accidents happened).
What is a benefit of nuclear fussion?
There is a lower risk of runaway chain reactions.
What energy source is used for nuclear fuel rods?
uranium. When water is heated, it causes a chain reaction that turns the uranium to plutonium.
What creates nuclear energy?
Uranium was created in supernova explosions more than 7 billion years ago. The nuclear energy in this uranium is released by nuclear fission of the atomic nuclei in a neutron chain reaction.
How are the nuclear power plant materials separated?
After mining and crushing the (uranium) ore, i think the uranium is dissolved with acid and spun in centrifuges to separate the heavy (more fissible) uranium-235 atoms from the lighter (less fissible) uranium-233 atoms. Highly radioactive material makes for faster chain reactions and more power, and is very dangerous.
Why don't the pellets with uranium oxide start to react during the enrichment process?
1. The material for enrichment is the uranium hexafluoride (UF6) not uranium dioxide pellets. 2. For a nuclear fission and and a nuclear chain reaction we need thermal neutrons.
