A nuclear reactor is a facility which produce electricity and heat from the fission of uranium or plutonium.
The energy released by fission of uranium-235 (or other isotopes) is immense compared to the energy content of fossil fuels.
uranium
Uranium and plutonium are both actinides that are used in nuclear reactors.
The moderator used in nuclear reactors with natural uranium is generally the heavy water (D2O).
Typically, Uranium-235 is used as fuel in nuclear reactors.
Uranium. A breeder reactor can use either Uranium, Plutonium, or mixed Transuranic elements for fuel. Depleted Uranium or Thorium is used as the breeding blanket. Periodically the breeding blanket is changed: the old one reprocessed to make new fuel.
A nuclear reactor is a plant which deliver electricity and (or) heat.The function principle is the release of energy from nuclear fission of fissile materials as the isotope uranium-235.
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Uranium enrichment plantsPrototype plutonium production reactor & design of plutonium production reactors used in Hanford, WA
Uranium
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CANDU burns natural unenriched uranium.
Uranium and plutonium can be used as nuclear fuels for nuclear reactors.
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Uranium is the most common.
Fuel used in a nuclear reactor is uranium, the active isotope is uranium 235 which is fissile.
U-235 is the fissionable isotope that produces the power. Reactor fuel usually contains about 5% of this, the rest being U-238
Uranium and plutonium are both actinides that are used in nuclear reactors.