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Radioactive metal used in nuclear power plants?
Uranium is the radioactive metal commonly used in nuclear power plants for fuel production. It undergoes fission reaction to generate heat, which is used to produce steam and generate electricity in nuclear reactors.
Why is uranium used in nuclear power production?
Uranium is a radioactive substance. Nuclear power production is carried out by the energy supplied by nuclear reactors. Nuclear reactors control the energy emission by nuclear fission reaction in radioactive substance when bombarded by neutrons.
How big is Romania's uranium production?
The uranium production of Romania is now modest: probably not more than 200 t/year (as metal). The production of nuclear fuel for the Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant is also approx. 200 t/year as sintered uranium dioxide.
What type of uranium is used in nuclear power plants?
The type of uranium used in nuclear power plants is uranium-235. It is the isotope of uranium that is fissile, meaning it can sustain a nuclear chain reaction.
How is uranium used as a fossil fuel?
Uranium is not a fossil fuel; uranium is used as nuclear fuel for nuclear power reactors.
Is nuclear power same as uranium?
No, nuclear power and uranium are not the same. Nuclear power is a form of energy that is generated through nuclear reactions, while uranium is a radioactive element that is commonly used as fuel in nuclear power plants. Uranium is not the only fuel source for nuclear power, but it is the most commonly used.
Examples of where the energy from uranium?
Uranium is used as nuclear fuel in nuclear power reactors.
What Metal used in nuclear reactions?
Nuclear energy appears as heat in a nuclear reactor. It comes from the fission of uranium or plutonium
Is uranium used in nuclear power plants?
Yes, uranium is the most important nuclear fuel.
What element is used as the source of nuclear power?
Most commonly used material to produce nuclear energy in Uranium.
What element is used for nuclear power?
Uranium is used
Uranium is used in the production of what kind of energy?
Nuclear energy
