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What is the difference between fuel of nuclear power plants and the fuel needed to construct a nuclear weapon?
Reactor grade material is usable in most nuclear power plants.
Weapons grade material is required for nuclear weapons.
For uranium the difference between reactor grade and weapons grade is the level of enrichment: less than 20% uranium-235 is reactor grade, greater than 20% uranium-235 (greater than 90% is prefered) is weapons grade.
For plutonium the difference between reactor grade and weapons grade is the level of contamination with plutonium-241: any amount of plutonium-241 is OK for reactor grade, only low levels of plutonium-241 are acceptable in weapons grade as its spontaneous fission rate can cause the bomb to fizzle.
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What is the difference between need and needs?
The difference between need and needs is simple. A need is a singular thing that is needed. Needs is when there is more than one thing that is needed.
What is the minimum amount of material needed to sustain a nuclear reaction?
The minimum amount of material needed to sustain a nuclear reaction depends on the type of reaction. For example, in a nuclear fission reaction, a critical mass of fissile material is needed to sustain a chain reaction. In a fusion reaction, high temperatures and pressures are needed to overcome the electrostatic repulsion between nuclei.
What materials are needed if one wanted to build shoe shelves?
The materials needed to construct a shoe shelf would be like that of a cabinet. Materials such as plywood, screws, glue, and saws would be needed to properly construct a shelf.
How is a nuclear fusion the same as a chemical reaction?
They are...reactions and can lead to new elements; but the big difference is that a nuclear fusion involve particles from the atomic nucleus and a very great energy is needed.
What is the difference between revenues and the expenses needed to operate the business?
profit or loss
Difference between software application development and software application maintenance?
Software development is the process that encompasses requirements engineering, design, implementation, testing, and maintenance in order to construct software.Software maintenance concerns all activities needed to keep the system operational after is had been delivered to the user.
What particle is needed to begin nuclear chain reaction?
Neutron particle is needed to begin nuclear chain reaction.
What qualifications are needed for a author?
Being able to construct a sentence helps.
The difference between essential and luxury goods?
essential-needed to survive luxury-wanted
What technology is needed to produce nuclear energy?
turbins and nuclear rods
What is the difference between implements and equipment?
An implement is a tool or utensil that is needed perform a task. Equipment can be the tools or supplies needed for a task.
What materials were needed to construct the great wall of china?
It is made out of stones and wood.
