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Fuel used in a nuclear reactor is uranium, the active isotope is uranium 235 which is fissile.
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What is used in atomic bombs?
Uranium which is a fuel is used in atomic bombs and in nuclear power stations.
What is needed to produce nuclear energy?
The nuclear fuel either loaded in adedicatednuclear reactor or in an atomic bomb
Is plutonium an actinide nuclear fuel?
Yes, it is. Specific isotopes of plutonium can be used for nuclear fuel. An actinide is an element of the periodic table with an atomic number of 89 (actinium) or higher. Plutonium is atomic number 94. A link is provided.
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.
What is the definition of uranium?
Uranium is a solid metal, natural chemical element with 3 natural isotopes, radioactive, with the atomic number 92, used as fuel in nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons.
Why does China use uranium?
China use uranium as nuclear fuel or for atomic bombs.
What is nuclear energy made from?
In general, nuclear energy comes from the energy associated with atomic nuclei. There is nuclear fusion, which happens in stars and in fusion weapons, and there is nuclear fission. Nuclear fusion is the "combining" of lighter atomic nuclei to create heavier ones, and many fusion reactions release energy. (Again, think of stars.) In contrast, nuclear fission is the "splitting" of atomic nuclei to release energy. The latter is technology that we've come to use fairly widely, and we have developed fission nuclear weapons and the nuclear reactor to tap nuclear energy via fission. Let's look at the latter device, the reactor. The fission of nuclear fuel (also known as atomic fuel, such as uranium or plutonium) is where we get nuclear energy. And what happens during nuclear fission is that the nuclei of fuel atoms absorb neutrons and fission (split), releasing lots of energy. In fission, that larger atomic nucleus breaks into a pair of smaller ones, and these fission fragments recoil with a lot of kinetic energy. The fuel traps the fission fragments, and the energy they came away with is converted into thermal energy in the fuel. We derive nuclear energy by tapping the energy of formation of atomic nuclei via fusion or fission. This is advanced technology that is less than a century old. We're still working to use it well and wisely.
Does fusion reaction occur in an atomic bomb?
They have a starter in a bomb and what this will do is shoot a neutron in the nuclear fuel starting a chain reaction
Is nuclear energy and nuclear fuel different?
Nuclear fuel is the fuel used to produce nuclear energy.
What is another word for atomic?
If you mean "atomic" as in the Atomic Bomb, then the word "nuclear" could be substituted = Nuclear Bomb.
What is better nuclear or atomic energy?
Nuclear energy and atomic energy are the same thing.
What uranium that makes at a valuable mineral?
Uranium is used as nuclear fuel or explosive in atomic bombs.Uranium has also many minor applications.
