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Plutonium is used as nuclear fuel for nuclear reactors. Plutonium isotopes (239, 241) are fissionable with thermal neutrons releasing an extremely great quantity of energy.
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Why plutonium is important?
Plutonium is used as nuclear fuel for nuclear reactors to produce electric energy. Also plutonium is indispensable for nuclear weapons.
What is the source of plutonium?
Plutonium is obtained by the irradiation of uranium in nuclear reactors; the "burned" nuclear fuels are recycled to extract plutonium.
Why is plutonium in a nuclear power sation?
Plutonium (as a metal or oxide , mixed oxide, carbide) can be used as nuclear fuel in nuclear reactors.
Is plutonium used in power plants?
Yes, plutonium is a very important fuel for nuclear reactors.
What is plutonium cycle?
Plutonium obtained in nuclear reactors with uranium fuels after recycling of the burned fuels can be used also as a nuclear fuel.
Why do you use uranium and plutonium in the reactor?
Uranium and plutonium can be used as nuclear fuels for nuclear reactors.
Are uranium pellets used in fuel rods that provide the energy for nuclear reactors?
Yes, many reactors use uranium as their nuclear fuel, but some use plutonium or a uranium-plutonium mix.
Fuel rods in nuclear reactors are made up of pellets of?
We usually find that uranium is used as fuel in nuclear reactors (though some use plutonium).
Is plutonium produced only in breeder reactors?
No, plutonium is obtained in all the types of nuclear reactors.
Is plutonium in navy nuclear applications?
Plutonium can be used in nuclear reactors for nuclear propulsion of ships and submarines.
What fields are plutonium used in?
Nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons
Why plutonium is important?
Plutonium is used as nuclear fuel for nuclear reactors to produce electric energy. Also plutonium is indispensable for nuclear weapons.
What is the source of plutonium?
Plutonium is obtained by the irradiation of uranium in nuclear reactors; the "burned" nuclear fuels are recycled to extract plutonium.
How is Plutonium for atomic weapons currently obtained?
Plutonium for nuclear weapons is obtained in special nuclear reactors for plutonium-239.
How is plutonium used for an everyday life?
In everyday life (as most people define it) plutonium has no use. Its primary use is in making nuclear weapons. It can also be used as fuel in nuclear reactors instead of or in addition to uranium, but except for small mostly experimental reactors and the French standardized nuclear reactors for power plants these are almost nonexistent.
Why is plutonium in a nuclear power sation?
Plutonium (as a metal or oxide , mixed oxide, carbide) can be used as nuclear fuel in nuclear reactors.
An energy source that heats fuel rods is?
Nuclear Fission.Generally Uranium, but some reactors use Plutonium nuclear fission.
