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  • 13-05-2021
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Explain why uranium must be enriched to be used in a nuclear power plant.

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  • 13-05-2021

Answer:

The nuclear fuel used in a nuclear reactor needs to have a higher concentration of the U 235 isotope than that which exists in natural uranium ore. U235 when concentrated (or "enriched") is fissionable in light-water reactors (the most common reactor design in the USA).

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