Uranium
material · 1789 · Industrial Revolution
A heavy metal — nuclear fuel.
Inventors: Эжен Пелиго, Martin Heinrich Klaproth.
Principles and materials it uses
- Isotopes — uses. Uranium-235 and uranium-238.
Where it is used
- Nuclear reactor — is used in. The fuel is uranium.
- Nuclear weapon — is used in. Uranium-235 or plutonium.
- Fast breeder reactor — is used in. Uranium-238.
- Nuclear power plant — is material for. The fuel is uranium.
- Nuclear submarine — is material for. The fuel is uranium.
- Nuclear icebreaker — is material for. The fuel is uranium.
- Small modular reactor — is material for. The fuel is uranium.