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单词 nuclear fuel
释义
nuclear fuel

Physics
  • A material that will sustain a fission chain reaction so that it can be used as a source of nuclear energy. The fissile materials are uranium–235, uranium–233, plutonium–241, and plutonium–239. The first occurs in nature as 1 part in 140 of natural uranium, the others have to be made artificially. 233U is produced when thorium–232 captures a neutron and 239Pu is produced by neutron capture in 238U. 232Th and 238U are called fertile isotopes (see fertile material).


Chemical Engineering
  • A substance capable of nuclear fission for the production of nuclear energy. It can refer to the substance itself or a mixture of substances and assembly of rods. By slowing down fast-moving neutrons that strike the nuclear fuel using a moderator such as graphite, other neutrons are emitted and form a chain reaction generating heat. The most common nuclear fuels are uranium-235 and plutonium-239. The nuclear reaction is contained within a nuclear reactor.


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