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Why is Americium not suitable for making fission type nuclear bombs?
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Its high spontaneous fission rate.
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∙ 9y agoAmericium is scarce and expensive.
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What is a sentence using nuclear fusion?
Fission power is the only realistic source of ecologically sound power, for at least the next 50 to 100 years.
How does nuclear fission work?
The breakup of large nuclei into two nearly equal fragments is called nuclear fission. It sometimes produces neutrons, protons or other nuclei. This is important in nuclear reactor and bombs, where neutrons emitted from one fission event cause other nuclei to fission, releasing more neutrons and so causing chain reaction. If this chain is controlled then you have a nuclear reactor whose heat can be used to boil water and generate electricity. If the chain is uncontrolled it causes a nuclear explosion.
What is the byproduct of nuclear energy?
We generally consider nuclear fission as the "splitting" of atoms. In this process, a large atomic nucleus splits into two smaller nuclei. The smaller nuclei are called fission fragments, and they are radioactive. Making nuclear energy, which we do in nuclear reactors, results in the production of large quantities of highly radioactive fission products. These byproducts require that we cool the spent fuel for long periods, and also that we store it for centuries so that the radioactive materials have a chance to decay and become less hazardous.
Who uses nuclear fusion?
No one currently uses nuclear fusion, as the technology has not yet been developed to actually put nuclear fusion into practical use. The only place nuclear fusion is used on a large scale is in nuclear weapons...bombs.
Why do you use nuclear fission for electricity?
Fission is used for electricity because it can generate a vast amount of energy (electricity) for very little fuel. Fission also emits no greenhouse gases, or gas pollutants of any kind (all of its waste is solid or suspended in a liquid), thus making it possible to dispose of in safe locations (as opposed to just released into the air with coal plants).
How are nuclear reactions that take place in the sun different from the nuclear reactions that take place in a nuclear reactor?
sun, fusion of hydrogen nuclei making helium nuclei (not radioactive)nuclear reactor, fission of uranium nuclei making a wide variety of different fission product isotopes having mass numbers from 72 to 161 (all very radioactive)
What is an element with 95 protons?
That would be Americium (Am). No, I am not making this up. It is an element that cannot be found in nature due to its nuclear instability, and can only be created synthetically.
How do nuclear power plants make electricity?
nuclear fission generates heatheat boils water making steamsteam turns turbinesturbines turn generatorsgenerators make electricity
What is a sentence using nuclear fusion?
Fission power is the only realistic source of ecologically sound power, for at least the next 50 to 100 years.
How nuclear power plants work as a energy source?
fission generates heatheat boils watersteam turns turbinesturbines turn generators, making electricity
What is the principle of nuclear fission?
Read "The making of the Atomic Bomb" by Richard Rhodes, it will answer all your questions better than could ever be done here.
How does nuclear fission work?
The breakup of large nuclei into two nearly equal fragments is called nuclear fission. It sometimes produces neutrons, protons or other nuclei. This is important in nuclear reactor and bombs, where neutrons emitted from one fission event cause other nuclei to fission, releasing more neutrons and so causing chain reaction. If this chain is controlled then you have a nuclear reactor whose heat can be used to boil water and generate electricity. If the chain is uncontrolled it causes a nuclear explosion.
Was plutonium used in nuclear weaponry?
Yes, plutonium IS used in nuclear weaponry it is one of the two fission fuels (the other is enriched uranium) that provide the energy for the explosion. Traditionally plutonium has been the prefered fission fuel, as it is less expensive to manufacture in quantity with nuclear reactors than is enriching uranium and also has a lower critical mass than enriched uranium. However because plutonium is manufactured in reactors it is "contaminated" with heavier plutonium isotopes that have high rates of spontaneous fission and are more radioactive, making it unsuitable for a few bomb designs for which enriched uranium must be used.
What is the byproduct of nuclear energy?
We generally consider nuclear fission as the "splitting" of atoms. In this process, a large atomic nucleus splits into two smaller nuclei. The smaller nuclei are called fission fragments, and they are radioactive. Making nuclear energy, which we do in nuclear reactors, results in the production of large quantities of highly radioactive fission products. These byproducts require that we cool the spent fuel for long periods, and also that we store it for centuries so that the radioactive materials have a chance to decay and become less hazardous.
What is the process that A star turns matter into energy?
A nuclear reaction - either fusion or fission - is required to turn matter into energy.
How is the making of weapons different from peacetime use of nuclear energy?
Weapons are designed to explode and produce blast waves to destroy targets. Peaceful nuclear energy uses a controlled steady fission reaction to produce heat, which then is used to generate electricity
How a nuclear fission reactor work?
Fuel rods containing uranium are placed close together, causing a nuclear reaction as the uranium fissions. This produces heat. Heat is transferred to cooling water, making steam. Steam spins a turbine onnected to a generator.
