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Uranium and plutonium can be used as nuclear fuels for nuclear reactors.
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What Metal used in nuclear reactions?
Nuclear energy appears as heat in a nuclear reactor. It comes from the fission of uranium or plutonium
What kind of reactor produces plutonium 239?
Plutonium 239 is obtained in all reactors using uranium as nuclear fuel.
Where does uranium and plutonium come from?
Uranium is a natural element extracted from ores. Plutonium is an artificial element obtained in a nuclear reactor by nuclear reactions from uranium 238.
What is split in a nuclear reactor to release energy?
The nucleus (nuclei) of uranium-235 or plutonium-239
What is the main fuel for a fission reaction?
Uranium 235....but Uranium 238 is also present and will absorb a neutron and become Plutonium 239 and adds approximately 10% of the net power in most commercial fuels used in the USA. Most people are not aware that a reactor produces many transuranic elements, not just Plutonium, and that all of these elements have isotopes suitable for reactor fuel.
In a breeder reactor a. Plutonium is converted into uranium or b. Uranium is converted into plutonium?
Uranium. A breeder reactor can use either Uranium, Plutonium, or mixed Transuranic elements for fuel. Depleted Uranium or Thorium is used as the breeding blanket. Periodically the breeding blanket is changed: the old one reprocessed to make new fuel.
What element uses breeder reactor uranium or plutonium?
Uranium and plutonium are both actinides that are used in nuclear reactors.
Does a nuclear power station use a metal called uranium?
Yes. Uranium is used as the "fuel" for the reactor. Some reactors also use Plutonium or a mixture of Plutonium and Uranium as fuel. Plutonium does not occur naturally in any great quantity on Earth but it is produced as a waste product by civil nuclear reactors and in quite large quantities by some reactor designs where the production of weapons grade Plutonium was one of their primary design objectives.
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 or plutonium used as fuel in a nuclear reactor?
Though both enriched uranium and plutonium can be used, the most common in enriched Uranium-235. The waste that comes from the reaction is a mix of elements (uranium, plutonium, etc) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power
How much Pu 239 is typically found a uranium sample?
A pure and fresh prepared uranium sample don't contain plutonium; only the irradiated (in a nuclear reactor) uranium contain plutonium.
What kind of reactor produces plutonium 239?
Plutonium 239 is obtained in all reactors using uranium as nuclear fuel.
Where does uranium and plutonium come from?
Uranium is a natural element extracted from ores. Plutonium is an artificial element obtained in a nuclear reactor by nuclear reactions from uranium 238.
An element produced inside a nuclear reactor?
Plutonium, an element not found in nature, is formed from uranium during reactor operation
Is plutonium reusable?
Directly, no. Once fissioned the plutonium is gone (it has transformed to other lighter elements). However indirectly using a breeder reactor, yes. A plutonium fueled breeder reactor with a uranium breeding blanket will produce more plutonium (from uranium-238) than it consumes. This breeder reactor can at the same time be generating electricity like any other power reactor.
What materials can be used as fuels for a nuclear reactor?
Uranium and most transuranic elements. Plutonium and Americium are particularly good reactor fuels.
How does nuclear energy originate?
In a fission reactor, it originates from the fission of uranium 235 or plutonium 239
