Now, only plutonium; thorium is a fertile material and other transuranic elements as neptunium are in small quantities.
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fuel
Fuel used in a nuclear reactor is uranium, the active isotope is uranium 235 which is fissile.
Uranium
Nuclear energy, because uranium is a nuclear fuel for nuclear power reactors.
Fuel cells are an important part of a nuclear reactor. The component that powers the nuclear reactor is the reactor core and the fuel cells are found inside and hold uranium dioxide.
Depending on: - the type of the nuclear reactor - the electrical power of the nuclear reactor - the type of the nuclear fuel - the enrichment of uranium - the estimated burnup of the nuclear fuel etc.
Typically, Uranium-235 is used as fuel in nuclear reactors.
The uranium 235 atoms in the nuclear fuel are what actually fission, or split into two other atoms. The uranium is in ceramic fuel pellets that are inserted into fuel rods, that make up fuel elements, that are in the reactor core that is located in the reactor vessel of the nuclear power plant. After the fuel has been in the reactor it begins to produce plutonium 239 atoms within the fuel which will also undergo a fission reaction.
The use is to produce electricity from a nuclear reactor plant
Known as fuel rods, these are hollow metal rods that contain the uranium fuel for a nuclear reactor.
In light water reactors it is uranium dioxide with the uranium enriched to 4-5 percent
The fuel rods used in a nuclear reactor are made from uranium 235(U-235).