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What are the functions of the deuterium and tritium atoms in nuclear reactors?
All current nuclear reactors are fission reactors, tritium has no function in a fission reactor, in standard water moderated reactors deuterium also has no function, in heavy water moderated reactors deuterium is the moderator. If we are ever able to make a fusion reactor, deuterium/tritium mix will be used as fuel.
What is the element uranium used for?
To make fuel rods for nuclear reactors
What element is converted to plutonium to make the first nuclear reactors?
Uranium
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.
Is nuclear power unsafe?
Nuclear power reactors are potentially dangerous, we have to make them safe by careful design and operation
How do you make hydrogen heavier?
You cant. It is an element and thus making it heavier would mean it is no longer hydrogen. However, heavy hydrogen exists and is called deuterium and is made in nuclear reactors.
How many nuclear reactors does US have?
I make it 104 on the NRC website (operating units, that is)
The country with the most number of nuclear reactors?
The US with 100 (I am uncertain if this is all reactors or just power reactors though, there are several small reactors operated to make medical isotopes, etc. or for research purposes of various kinds).
Scientists make elements heavier then uranium in machines called?
Particle accelerators and nuclear reactors
Is nuclear fuel used to make electricity?
This is the purpose of nuclear power plants and is very successfully done, 104 reactors in the US for example.
What machine does scientist use to make element heavier than uranium?
particle accelerators and nuclear reactors
Is it possible to make different substances by breaking up an element?
probs . . . Yes, this is the premise of nuclear reactors
