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Do nuclear reactors use lasers?
No, but experiments with lasers to produce nuclear fusionare being conducted, and this technique may be used sometime in the future in a fusion nuclear reactor.
Which elements are used for nuclear reactors in India?
Uranium. There is some interest in using thorium in the future. Thorium cannot be used directly as fuel in a reactor as it does not fission, it requires a fast breeder reactor to convert it to Uranium-233 which does fission.
What is uranium used for in a nuclear reactor?
fuel
What percentage is nuclear fusion used in the US?
0% No country gets any of its energy from fusion as nobody has figured out how to build a controlled fusion reactor.
What is the name of the fuel used in the nuclear reactor?
Uranium
If uranium was to run out what other sources are available to replace it?
AnswerProbably the nuclear fusion AnswerThere are a number of reactor designs based on using thorium, and fuel assemblies using thorium as a primary fuel can be designed and built to be used in existing reactors.
How could sea water be used as a source of hydrogen for nuclear fusion?
Electrolysis in an enrichment cascade to make heavy water then separate the deuterium from the oxygen. This plant would be powered from some of the electricity made by the fusion reactor. It would effectively manufacture its own fuel. Waste ordinary hydrogen could be liquified for use as fuel in hydrogen fuel cell powered cars.
What is a used fuel in nuclear power plants?
The used fuel in a nuclear power plant is the nuclear fuel being discharged from the nuclear reactor after being irradiated during reactor operation. It is usually composed of trans-uranium heavy elements, a wide variety of fission products (that resulted from the nuclear fission processes in the nuclear reactor) and products of radioactive decay (produced before and after fuel discharge from the nuclear reactor).
What fuel other then uranium can be used in a nuclear reactor?
In a pure fission bomb, none. Only high purity Uranium-235, Plutonium-239, or Uranium-233 are fissile and thus suitable as fission fuel. In a boosted fission bomb small amounts of fusion fuel can be added in a hollow pit construction: gaseous deuterium and/or gaseous tritium or solid lithium-deuteride.In a fusion bomb the fuel is solid lithium-deuteride. However the high energy (15 MeV) fusion neutrons can fission Uranium-238 used as the tamper causing it to provide as much as 90% of the final yield.Fuels:U235U233P239DTLiDU238 only with 15 MeV fusion neutrons
What is used for fule in nuclear reactor?
Typically, Uranium-235 is used as fuel in nuclear reactors.
Scientists hope to build a nuclear fusion reactor fueled by?
Ocean Water
What is the idea behind polywell?
A polywell is a device that is used to electrical field work on ions, heating them to fusion conditions. It is a fusion reactor that uses a magnetic confinement to trap electrons.
