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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.
What are fuel rods in nuclear plants made of?
The fuel rods used in a nuclear reactor are made from uranium 235(U-235).
Which is more explosive uranium-238 or uranium-235?
235 was used to produce one of the first atomic weapons. 238 is much harder to start a nuclear chain reaction than 235. 238 is used in nuclear weapons, but not as the first stage.
What element if often enriched and used in nuclear bombs?
Uranium is enriched in the isotope uranium-235, producing uranium-238 as waste.
What fuel does a nuclear reactor use?
Uranium-235 in combination with Uranium-238, enriched from natural levels of about 0.7% U-235 to about 5% U-235. There are other configurations, but this is the most common.
What are 3 benefits of uranium 235?
Uranium 235 is a fissile material under thermal neutrons: - uranium 235 is used as a nuclear fuel in nuclear energetic reactors - uranium 235 can be used in nuclear bombs
What is nuclear uranium?
Uranium-235 is the fissile isotope
What is a source for nuclear?
Uranium 235
What is the nuclear decay equation for plutonium 239?
The first step is an alpha decay to (guess what!) uranium 235. You can probably take it from there.
What is a source for nuclear power?
Uranium 235
Which form of uranium is used as nuclear fuel?
Uranium-235 (235U)
Uranium-235 is used to fuel nuclear power plants What is the main use of uranium-235?
That is the main use, to fuel nuclear power plants
What is the element that makes nuclear energy?
Uranium 235
Is nuclear an atomic fuel?
Fuel used in a nuclear reactor is uranium, the active isotope is uranium 235 which is fissile.
Most nuclear power plants use what as a nuclear fuel?
Uranium enriched with isotope 235 to approx 4 percent (natural U is 0.7 percent 235)
Where can you find nuclear energy source?
In most nuclear plants this is uranium-235
What is the amount uranium is used in nuclear fission?
Minimum one atom of uranium 235.
