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What was the type of the nuclear core of hiroshima?
It derived its explosive power from the nuclear fission of uranium 235.
What are the five most important ways that people use Uranium?
Uranium fuels for nuclear power reactors Depleted uranium for munitions, armors and shields Uranium in nuclear bombs Other minor uses: colouring agent for glass and ceramics, catalysts in organic chemistry, mordant for textiles, in dentistry, photographic material, etc.
What is the nucleur energy?
Nuclear energy is the energy released by changes in the nucleus of a material such as uranium. In the case of uranium 235, the nucleus can be fissioned or split by capture of a neutron, and further neutrons are released in the process. By careful arrangement of the uranium pieces, this can be built up so that a self-sustaining chain reaction proceeds. Each fission releases a certain amount of energy in the form of heat, which can then be used to produce electric power. This is the basis of all power producing nuclear reactorsNuclear energy is the energy resulting from:Radioactive decayNuclear fissionNuclear fusion
Are the atomic bomb and depleted uranium the same weapon?
No, the atomic bomb and depleted uranium are not the same thing. Nuclear weapons are made with enriched uranium or with plutonium as the fissionable material. Depleted uranium is uranium that is "left over" after natural uranium is put through a process called enrichment to inprove the concentration of the isotope U-235 over that in natural uranium. The enriched uranium with its higher percentage of U-235 is fissionable, and it can be used in nuclear reactors and in nuclear weapons. Depleted uranium is used to make armor-piercing projectiles, and can be put through the neutron flux in an operating reactor to be transformed (transmuted) into plutonium. Use the links below to related questions to learn more.
How many times greater was the radiation of Chernobyl than the nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
TheChernobyl RB-MK type reactors contained around 140 tons of nuclear fuel up to 50 times more than an atomic bomb. An atomic bomb only contains Uranium 235 (Weapons grade Uranium) A Nuclear reactor uses fuel rods which contains the following. Uranium 235 (Neutron Density 99.3%) Uranium 238 (Neutron Density 0.7%) (Uranium used in nuclear reactors is enriched by 3.8%) And after Nuclear fission. Plutonium 239 Fission fragments from depleted Uranium. There are several ways to enrich uranium by filtering out Uranium 238 making it usable in warhead construction. 1. A Calutron (Uses magnetic attraction to separate Uranium 235 from Uranium 238) 2. A Gas Centrifuge (Uses a special kind of gas to separate Uranium 235 from Uranium 238) I cannot remember exactly but there are more ways than listed here so this is just to give a guideline.
Why is uranium used in nuclear power plants?
Uranium is used as nuclear fuel in nuclear power plants because the fission of uranium atom release a formidable quantity of energy.
Can a nuclear power plant burn uranium?
A nuclear power plant does use uranium as fuel It "burns" it in the nuclear sense not the chemical sense
Examples of where the energy from uranium?
Uranium is used as nuclear fuel in nuclear power reactors.
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.
How is uranium involved in nuclear reactors?
Uranium is now the most important nuclear fuel for nuclear power plants.
Is uranium used to procure atomic energy?
Yes, uranium is a nuclear fuel for nuclear power reactors. Also uranium can be used in nuclear weapons.
How is uranium used as a fossil fuel?
Uranium is not a fossil fuel; uranium is used as nuclear fuel for nuclear power reactors.
Is uranium used in nuclear power plants?
Yes, uranium is the most important nuclear fuel.
What are examples of using uranium as an energy source?
Uranium is a nuclear fuel for nuclear power reactors.
What is the source of nuclear power?
Uranium
What power plant uses uranium?
The majority of commercial nuclear power reactors use uranium (natural or enriched) as nuclear fuel.
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.
