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What is the main use of Uranium-238?
The most common uranium isotope found in nature is Uranium-238. This particular isotope is mostly used in nuclear weapons and as the fuel supply for nuclear power.
Is nuclear power same as uranium?
Uranium (as metal, dioxide, carbide, etc.) is the nuclear fuel for nuclear power reactors; plutonium is obtained also from uranium 238 and thorium 232 generate uranium 233.
Why is uranium 238 not used as fuel?
Uranium-238 is a fertile nuclear material that is useful in producing fissile material (Plutonium 239)
Which heavy metal is found in nuclear power stations?
Uranium is the heavy metal found in nuclear power stations. Uranium has the atomic number of 92, and it has many applications in nuclear technology. A very common isotope of uranium is uranium-238.
Which is more explosive uranium-238 or uranium-235?
235 was used to produce one of the first atomic weapons. 238 is much harder to start a nuclear chain reaction than 235. 238 is used in nuclear weapons, but not as the first stage.
What is the element used for the fission process at most nuclear power plants?
Uranium (mainly as mixture of U-235 and U-238)
What type of researcher would use the other isotopes such as uranium-238?
Uranium-238 is used in:- nuclear breeder reactors- nuclear weapons, for tampering- shielding- projectiles andarmors with high density
What radioactive isotope is used in most nuclear power plants?
Most nuclear fuel for nuclear reactors in power plants is enriched uranium, though there are some plants that use "regular" uranium, like the plants using heavy water. There are also plants that use plutonium.Research and development is being done on nuclear plants using thorium as fuel.Surf on over to the Wikipedia articles to mine more data. You'll find links to them below.
What is isotope of uranium is used in a nuclear plant?
Typically 3% uranium-235, 97% uranium-238.
What element if often enriched and used in nuclear bombs?
Uranium is enriched in the isotope uranium-235, producing uranium-238 as waste.
What is good nuclear fuel?
uranium-238
How does uranium turn nuclear?
Pure Uranium is radioactive; thus harmful. Inside a nuclear reactor, atoms get split. When the Uranium atom is split, it releases a huge amount of energy. This energy is called nuclear energy. Also the normal Uranium is not used in reactors. The Uranium that is used is enhanced; it is an isotope of Uranium. Uranium-237 and Uranium-238 are used in nuclear reactors. I hope this answer was useful for you.
