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What must happen to uranium before it can be used as a fuel source? A. No changes are necessary. B. Stable U-235 mus
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What must happen to uranium before it can be used as a fuel source?
A. No changes are necessary.
B. Stable U-235 must be enriched with 3% radioactive U-238.
C. Stable U-238 must be enriched with 3% radioactive U-235.
D. Unstable U-235 must be enriched with 5% U-238 to stabilize it.
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Answer:
D
Explanation:
I have 0 idea but I know uranium is a unstable element so from that I would think it would have to be enriched with something to stabilize/cancel out the radiation from it so intern you can use it as a fuel source for something.
Again going off of a educated guess
Answer:
D
Explanation:
Before it can be used in a reactor for electricity generation, however, it must undergo a series of processes to produce a useable fuel. For most of the world’s reactors, the next step in making the fuel is to convert the uranium oxide into a gas, uranium hexafluoride (UF6), which enables it to be enriched.