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How much radioactive waste has been produced by US nuclear reactors stated in weight and volume?
As of 2021, the United States has produced approximately 90,000 metric tons of spent nuclear fuel, which is the primary form of radioactive waste from nuclear reactors. In terms of volume, this waste occupies about 1,000 cubic meters. Most of this spent fuel is stored on-site at nuclear power plants in pools or dry cask storage systems. The management and disposal of this waste remain ongoing challenges for the nuclear industry.
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Radioactive element used for nuclear energy?
Uranium is the most commonly used radioactive element for nuclear energy production. When uranium atoms undergo nuclear fission, they release energy that can be harnessed in nuclear reactors to generate electricity.
What are the advantages of a fusion reactor compared to a fission reactor?
You must realise that any claimed advantages are based on scientists predictions, and to some extent wishful thinking, as it is not even determined in engineering terms how a nuclear fusion plant could be built, what materials could be used, and how the heat would be extracted. However ever since fusion was proposed, scientists have been pointing out that it would produce much less radioactivity than fission does, and this is true, there would not be the spent fuel containing very highly active fission products that fission produces. There would be activation of structures in the plant due to the neutron irradiation coming from the plasma undergoing fusion. There are also consequences from needing to produce the tritium fuel, which is a dangerous substance to human health. So it all depends on future progress with ITER and further test rigs, but at the moment it is academic since it is very unlikely to happen within this century.
What is the impact of plutonium when nuclear power is made?
It is not entirely clear from your question what it is you really want to know about.Standard water moderated power reactors are not usually fueled with plutonium, but they produce plutonium as a byproduct of their operation. They can burn some of the plutonium that they produce but are not very efficient at it.Work has been done on adding limited amounts of plutonium to the fuel used in standard water moderated power reactors (mostly to help consume the excess plutonium from dismantled weapons), but as stated above these reactors are not very efficient at this.To most efficiently use plutonium for nuclear power purposes we would need to use a different type of reactor called a "fast neutron reactor" which has no moderator at all. One thing about these reactors that tends to frighten people is that their initial fuel load is "weapons grade" material (whether they are fueled with uranium or plutonium), however during their operation they quickly convert this fuel to a form totally unsuitable for weapons. But neither these unmoderated power reactors nor standard water moderated power reactors is in anyway capable of undergoing a nuclear explosion!
What was Rutherford and Soddy's theory?
Rutherford and Soddy proposed the theory of radioactive decay, which explains how unstable atoms undergo spontaneous disintegration and transform into different elements. They also discovered that the process of radioactive decay involves the emission of alpha and beta particles. This theory laid the foundation for our understanding of nuclear physics.
what country made headlines last week when it again stated that is no interest in making nuclear bombs but is seeking to develop nuclear power for its people?
Iran
Where did Israel get nuclear weapons?
While it is believed that Israel has possessed nuclear weapons since 1975, they neither deny nor admit to possessing any. It's widely believed that they are a nuclear power, although they have stated they will not be the ones to introduce nuclear weapons to the Middle East.
What has Obama stated regarding Iran having nuclear weapons?
President Obama's actually supporting it by closing an agreement with them.
Does Israel have nuclear bomb?
Israel is believed to be the sixth nation of the world to acquire nukes, anything further is plausible conjecture. It is believed that it developed the first working bomb prior to 1968. Some people believe that the 1967 Arab-Israeli war was ignited by the Arabs' fear that Israel was on the brink of going nuclear. As it turns out, Israel may have already developed the bomb before that conflict started but chose to defend itself conventionally. Estimates on the quantity of Israel's nuclear weapons is thought to range from 65 to 400. It is most likely around 250.
Can a divorced catholic man whose prior marriage was in a civil court which produced a son marry by the church a non-catholic woman he is married to civally which has produced two kids?
you havent stated what you wanted to do!!!
Radioactivity is caused due to?
Radioactivity refers to the particles which are emitted from nuclei as a result of nuclear instability. Because the nucleus experiences the intense conflict between the two strongest forces in nature, it should not be surprising that there are many nuclear isotopes which are unstable and emit some kind of radiation. The most common types of radiation are called alpha, beta, and gamma radiation, but there are several other varieties of radioactive decay. Radioactive decay rates are normally stated in terms of their half-lives, and the half-life of a given nuclear species is related to its radiation risk. The different types of radioactivity lead to different decay paths which transmute the nuclei into other chemical elements. Examining the amounts of the decay products makes possible radioactive dating. Radiation from nuclear sources is distributed equally in all directions, obeying the inverse square law.
Why did the US drop the nuclear bomb on Hiroshima?
The U.S. wanted to end WWII.President Truman stated that this weapon will end the war soon and it will save many lives.
What is energy released from atomic reactions called?
it is equal to the difference of mass between the products and the reactants multiplied by the square of the speed of light in vaccum. (infact it is well apllicable to chemical reactions also where only small differences in masses are involved.) NOTE:- the enery released or absorbed depends o whether the products are lighter ot heavier than the reactants. Famous Eintiens enery equivalent of mass * E=mc^2 *~
