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Q: Do we use plutonium in place of uranium for nuclear power?
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Does nuclear power have uranium in it?

Either Uranium or Plutonium.


What type of nuclear power is used in powerplants?

Nuclear power from the fission of uranium and/or plutonium


What Power plant that uses uranium as a source of energy?

Uranium (or plutonium) is a source of energy (nuclear fuel) in nuclear power plants.


Is nuclear power same as uranium?

Uranium (as metal, dioxide, carbide, etc.) is the nuclear fuel for nuclear power reactors; plutonium is obtained also from uranium 238 and thorium 232 generate uranium 233.


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.


A radioactive element often used in nuclear power stations?

Uranium 235 or Plutonium 239


What metal is used in nuclear power stations as fuel?

Uranium, plutonium, or thorium.


What is the alternative to uranium for nuclear power?

Plutonium is an alternative; thorium as fertile material.


How is nuclear power different to anything else?

Nuclear power involves splitting the nucleus (of uranium or plutonium). No other method of power production does this


What elements and isotopes generate nuclear power?

Mostly uranium-235, also plutonium


What element is used as a fuel in nuclear power?

Uranium mostly, sometimes a mixture with plutonium


Which two substances provide most of the energy for a nuclear power plant?

Uranium and plutonium