Uranium (as uranium dioxide, uranium carbide, uranium metal, uranium alloys, etc.), plutonium and thorium.
Some examples of uranium compounds are: uranyl nitrate, uranium dioxide, uranium hexafluoride, uranium tetrachloride, triuraniumoctaoxide, uranyl acetate, uranium iodide, uranium nitride, uranium, sulfide, uranium carbide, uranyl sulfate, etc.
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.
If you think to nuclear fuel for nuclear power reactors it is generally sintered uranium dioxide (UO2) pellets.
A price list for uranium certified materials is at: http://www.nbl.doe.gov/htm/lists/certified_reference_materials_price_list.htm Industrial uranium is not so expensive, the price depend essentially of enrichment. As an example, uranium dioxide powder - natural uranium, nuclear grade for HWPR reactors, is about 70 $/kg but the price is very variable in time.
The percentage of uranium in uranium dioxide is 88,149.
Uranium ores are transformed in uranismoctoxide, uranium metal, uranium dioxide, ammonium diuranate, uranium tetrafluoride, uranium hexafluoride etc. Another step is to prepare uranium alloys, uranium dioxide sintered pellets, enriched uranium - in other plants.
- By melting of metallic uranium. - By sticking sintered uranium dioxide pellets
Uranium dioxide sintered pellets are now the most important nuclear fuel around the world.
Uranium (as uranium dioxide, uranium carbide, uranium metal, uranium alloys, etc.), plutonium and thorium.
Examples:Oxides: uranium dioxide, uranium trioxide, uranium octaoxideSalts: ammonium diuranate, uranyl nitrate, uranyl acetate, uranium hehxafluoride, uranium chlorideand many others because uranium is a reactive metal.
The uranium dioxide - UO2 - is a very important nuclear fuel.
Often uranium dioxide is used as fuel in nuclear power plants either as UOX (uranium dioxide) or MOX (mixed oxides, typically uranium and plutonium). There are a number of other fuel types, however, and not all plants use uranium dioxide. The other fuel types include metal alloys, ceramics, and various chemical compounds other than oxides.
Uranium dioxide
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- Uranium don't contribute to global warming- Uranium don't release carbon dioxide
uranyl nitrate, uranium dioxide, uranium octaoxide, uranium hexafluoride, uranyl acetate, uranium tetrachloride, uranium carbide, uranium nitride, uranium tetraiodide, uranium sulfide, ammonium diuranate, etc.