Question

Give one example of a radioactive isotope which is used as a fuel in the reactors of nuclear power plants.

Answer 1

Answer:

plutonium

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer is Uranium-235

Explanation:

• The process by which uranium ore is mined, processed, enriched, used, possibly reprocessed and disposed of is known as the nuclear fuel cycle.
• Under 1% of the uranium found in nature is the easily fissionable U-235 isotope and as a result most reactor designs require enriched fuel.
• Coal Power need $2\frac {1}{2}$ million tonnes to get electricity.
• And $10^3$ MWe Nuclear Reactor needs 27 tones