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What elements make up a nuclear reactor?
Most of them, if you're talking chemical elements.
What has been done with nuclear waste?
The honest answer is the USA has been producing a great deal of nuclear waste and ignoring the problem of what to do with it. President Obama wants more nuclear power plants, but, has not said what to do with nuclear waste. A lot of waste is stored in nuclear power plants, but, they are getting filled up fast, and that is not really a good idea. The possibility of an accident or theft is very real.
What does the term 'nuclear leaching' mean?
Nuclear Leaching is a term derived from septic tank and agricultural technology adopted to the nuclear industrial context. When a nuclear plant disposes of its waste into the soil or gravel near a plant, leaching is the process by which the ground sucks up nuclear waste, like a leach will suck up blood.
Major drawback to the use of nuclear power?
A major drawback to the use of nuclear power is that it produces radioactive waste. This waste can pollute water sources and kill organisms.
Do minerals make up elements?
No, elements make up minerals.
What elements make up dubnium?
Dubnium is an artificial chemical element containing only atoms of dubnium; dubnium is prepared via nuclear reactions.
How were the heavy elements from iron to uranium made?
Up to uranium elements are made by stellar nuclear synthesis; after uranium elements are man made.
What elements make up honey?
The elements that make up honey are honey
What elements make up elements of sugar?
Carbon, hydrogen and oxygen are the only elements that make up sugars.
Nuclear fusion compared to nuclear fission?
Fission is the breaking up of atomic nuclei whereas fusion is joining of nuclei.does not produce as much waste
Whats the difference between nuclear fusion and nuclear fission?
Fission is a splitting apart. Fusion is a putting together. You get energy by splitting heavy elements AND by fussing light elements. The mid point is iron, the element with the least amount of available "nuclear" energy ... thus it is the ultimate ash from any nuclear reaction.
Could you build a nuclear bomb shelter?
Yes, A nuclear shelter can be made. It is to make up of a variety of of elements melted down. It can also be that you can build a cockroach suit with many cockroaches! because they are the one who can bear the nuclear explosions even if they were just 100 cm away from it.
