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Is chromium used as fuel nuclear power plants?
No, chromium has no fissile properties for use as fuel
What uranium nucleus is fissile?
The isotopes 233U and 235U are fissile with thermal neutrons and the isotope 238U is fissile with fast neutrons.
What does it means if an isotope is fissile?
Fissile isotopes are isotopes of an element that can be split through fission
What does it mean if a isotope is fissile?
Fissile means that an isotope is capable of supporting a sustained nuclear chain reaction.
Why are only uranium and plutonium used in nuclear reactors?
Because these are the only two elements (isotopes: Uranium 235, plutonium 239 and plutonium 241, fissile with thermal neutrons) that have fissile isotopes which can sustain a chain reaction in conjunction with a moderator, that is in a so called thermal reactor like PWR or BWR. Uranium 238 is fissile with fast neutrons though it will not sustain a chain reaction by itself, and would only be a significant source of power in a fast reactor. In a thermal reactor it captures neutrons and forms Pu-239 which then does add to the reactor's fissile fuel. Some other transuranic elements have fissile isotopes but they are not used as it is much easier and cheaper to use uranium produced from uranium ore. Also thorium can be used in nuclear reactors as a fertile isotope.
Why were breeder reactors developed?
Breeder reactors were developed to allow use of non-fissile or fertile fuel, such as uranium-238 and thorium-232, instead of fissile fuel, such as uranium-235 and plutonium-239. They do have fissile fuel in them, but they use its neutron flux to convert the non-fissile (fertile) fuel into fissile form, extending the lifespan of the core.
What is fissile fuel in a atomic bomb?
possible fissile isotopes usable as fuel:uranium-235plutonium-239uranium-233
Is chromium used as fuel nuclear power plants?
No, chromium has no fissile properties for use as fuel
Is thorium used for nuclear genaration?
It can be used as a blanket fuel to produce U-233 fissile fuel.
Breeder reactors are used to convert?
Breeder reactors are used to convert fertile fuel into fissile fuel.
Is nuclear an atomic fuel?
Fuel used in a nuclear reactor is uranium, the active isotope is uranium 235 which is fissile.
If nuclear energy is renewable is it maintained or sustained?
It is not renewable. There is a fixed amount of fuel on earth and it cannot be increased. Even when people talk of breeder reactors, they are only breeding fissile fuel from non-fissile material, which is itself non-renewable.
What element is used as a fuel component in nuclear reactors?
Any fissile material would do, but Uranium is the most common.
How does an atomic bomb explode?
The fissile fuel is packaged in the bomb as a subcritical mass.The fusing system detects the preset firing condition.A firing pulse is sent from the fusing system to the rapid assembly system.The rapid assembly system uses explosives to repackage the fissile fuel as a supercritical mass.A neutron source fires through the supercritical mass, initiating the chain reaction.The chain reaction increases exponentially until the resulting explosion disassembles the fissile fuel back to a subcritical mass.
Is thorium used in nuclear reactors?
Not as fuel, but it can be used in breeder reactors as breeding material to make fissile Uranium-233.
Why thorium is not used as fuel in nuclear reactors?
Thorium is and can be used as a fuel in nuclear reactors. It just happens to be not fissile, so it needs a neutron flux to create Uranium-233, which is fissile. There are pros and cons of using Thorium. For more information, please see the Related Link below.
What uranium nucleus is fissile?
The isotopes 233U and 235U are fissile with thermal neutrons and the isotope 238U is fissile with fast neutrons.
