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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.
An energy source that heats fuel rods is?
Nuclear Fission.Generally Uranium, but some reactors use Plutonium nuclear fission.
Why do spent nuclear fuels generate heat?
After the nuclear fuel is spent the fuel is radioactive. This radiation causes decay heat. The result of the radiation causes movement of atoms, converting it into thermal energy.
What is the problem with using nuclear energy for use as bus fuel?
Nuclear reactors are potentially dangerous and could not be allowed in vehicles on normal public roads
Can nuclear power plants make nuclear weapons?
It can produce low grade plutonium that need be extracted from the used nuclear fuel through used fuel reprocessing. However, power reactors are subject to the international nuclear safeguards to prevent its misuse.
How do scientist collect pure plutonium?
Irradiation of uranium in nuclear reactors, separation from the spent nuclear fuel, refining
Are nuclear spent fuel rods dumped in the ocean?
No, they are stored in pools of water.
How much plutonium is in 1 ton of nuclear waste?
The amount of plutonium in the nuclear waste depends on the type of waste and its origin. If by waste, it is meant the spent nuclear fuel discharged from reactor after irradiation, then the plutonium amount depends mainly on the nuclear fuel initial enrichment, the neutron irradiation flux, and the time of irradiation.In usually operated nuclear power reactors of light water reactors, the discharged spent fuel contains roughly 1 kg plutonium per ton of fuel.
What can be used as a substitute for nuclear reactors?
No substitute for nuclear power reactors especially if there is no available fossil fuel.
Is used for fuel nuclear reactors?
Uranium and/or Plutonium fuel
Is uranuim fuel for nuclear reactors?
yes
What is Uranium used as fuel for?
Nuclear reactors.
If uranium is not a foosil fuel then what is it?
Uranium is a radioactive element used to fuel nuclear reactors. It is a nuclear fuel.
Where is most of the high-level waste from nuclear reactors stored?
In the US they're stored on site.
Which actinide fuel is used in nuclear reactors?
It is Uranium
Is nuclear reactor harmful?
Like any powerful bit of machinery, it CAN be. However, you might note that there has never been a fatality in the US from the Nuclear portion of a nuclear power reactor. Reactors do not create green house gasses, and they do not put the pollutants into the air that oil and coal fired powerplants do. Spent nuclear fuel remains radioactive and must be stored in a safe manner.
How is uranium used as a fossil fuel?
Uranium is not a fossil fuel; uranium is used as nuclear fuel for nuclear power reactors.
