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Nuclear energy as obtained in nuclear reactor power plants comes from the fission or splitting of the nuclei of uranium and plutonium. It is not a chemical burning process and does not need any other elements to make it happen.
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What is the source of plutonium?
Plutonium is obtained by the irradiation of uranium in nuclear reactors; the "burned" nuclear fuels are recycled to extract plutonium.
What is plutonium cycle?
Plutonium obtained in nuclear reactors with uranium fuels after recycling of the burned fuels can be used also as a nuclear fuel.
What is a non renewable of Uranium U 235?
The fissile isotope uranium 235 is "burned" in the nuclear reactors to obtain electrical/thermal energy. The atom is destroyed by nuclear fission.
How much uranium 235 is used in a nuclear reactor?
Depending on the type and the power of the nuclear reactor. An example; a CANDU type reactor of 700 MW need 700 kg uranium-235 and only ca. 500 kg are "burned".
Is Neptunium found in nature or manmade?
Neptunium is an artificial chemical element. It is found in burned nuclear fuels and in very low concentration in soils as a product of nuclear weapons tests.But natural neptunium exist in infinitesimal amounts in uranium ores.
How can plutonium be created?
By irradiation of uranium in nuclear reactors and separation from the burned nuclear fuel.
Where do you get neptunium from?
Neptunium is extracted from burned nuclear fuels.
Why will uranium run out?
Because uranium is "burned" in nuclear reactors.
Where is plutonium produced?
Plutonium is obtained by recycling "burned" nuclear fuels.
Why is nuclear burned in a power station?
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What is the source of plutonium?
Plutonium is obtained by the irradiation of uranium in nuclear reactors; the "burned" nuclear fuels are recycled to extract plutonium.
Is nuclear and peat burned to make electricity?
nuclear energy gets the power from the atoms getting split that's nuclear but i don't know what peat is sorry
What is plutonium cycle?
Plutonium obtained in nuclear reactors with uranium fuels after recycling of the burned fuels can be used also as a nuclear fuel.
What are the current sources for plutonium?
The source of plutonium is the reprocessing of "burned" nuclear reactors fuels.
How do you get the element plutonium?
In great amounts plutonium is obtained after recycling of burned nuclear fuels.
Where is curium found on earth?
As a natural element curium exist in infinitesimal amounts in uranium ores.Artificial curium is from nuclear wastes, nuclear reactors burned fuels, nuclear weapons tests.
Why is coal better then nuclear?
Coal can be easily mined and burned, whilst to use nuclear fuel requires a lot of scientific effort to make it safe
