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Used fuel rods need to be safely transported in order to prevent the release of radioactive material into the environment accidentally, and protected from vandalism or terrorists who may want to use it. Spent fuel must be stored in a place that is safe for people and secure from tampering.
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What energy source is used for nuclear fuel rods?
uranium. When water is heated, it causes a chain reaction that turns the uranium to plutonium.
What radioisotope is used in nuclear fuel rods?
You presumably mean Uranium-235 which is the fissile isotope of uranium. New fuel rods contain uranium enriched in U-235 to about 4 percent, in the form of uranium dioxide, and encased in a zircaloy sheath. There is nothing else.
Are uranium pellets used in fuel rods that provide the energy for nuclear reactors?
Yes, many reactors use uranium as their nuclear fuel, but some use plutonium or a uranium-plutonium mix.
How much of Uranium is used in nuclear fuel?
A typical PWR has fuel assemblies of 200-300 rods each, and a large reactor would have about 150-250 such assemblies with 80-100 tonnes of uranium in all. It produces electric power in the order of 900 to 1500 MW.
Why do they need to replace nuclear fuel rods?
Because the uranium-235 gets used up and the plutonium formed from U-238 eventually gets used up as well, so the reactor would just die unless new fuel is loaded
What happens to fuel rods that are used to create nuclear fission?
You have a misapprehension there, it is uranium oxide that is used in fuel rods, not fossil fuel
Enriched fuel pellets are used to make what?
fuel rods
Is silver used in the operation of nuclear power plants?
No, Enriched Uranium-235 is used in a nuclear reactor as the fuel in the fuel rods and boron is used in the control rods.
What are fuel rods in nuclear plants made of?
The fuel rods used in a nuclear reactor are made from uranium 235(U-235).
Could liquid nitrogen be used to cool the fuel rods in Japan?
I would think not. The temperature differential could fracture the fuel rods, and you don't want that.
What is the element uranium used for?
To make fuel rods for nuclear reactors
What has zirconiumin it?
Zirconium is used as a mechanical covering for nuclear fuel rods.
What features of the fuel rods used in reactors prevent them from becoming explosive?
They absorb electrons, the more you insert the fuel rods, the more electrons are removed from the chain reaction.
What does it mean to spend fuel?
Do you mean spent fuel? This term is used to describe fuel rods that have insufficient energy left.
What is used to bathe the control rods and fuel bundles of the nuclear reactor?
Heavy water
What role do fuel rods play in generating energy?
Fuel rods are the nuclear fuel in a nuclear power plant. They are used to turn water to steam, which is then used to turn a turbine. They do not "generate energy", since energy cannot be created or destroyed (E=mc^2). They are used to generate electricity, or to convert nuclear energy to electric energy.
What are rods used for?
rods are used for fishing
