Question
An isotope of ______ is used as a fuel in nuclear reactors.
The correct answer is
Uranium
Uranium-235 is fissile and is used as fuel in many nuclear fission reactors. Its controlled chain reaction releases energy.
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Important Questions from Fusion and Fission
- Atom bomb is based on the principle of
- Nuclear fission can be controlled by using control rods made up of:
- The radiant energy of the sun results from the process of
Nuclear energy is generated by
A positron is an anti-particle of an electron, having the same mass but opposite charge to electron. Then, the minimum energy released in annihilation of matter of a pair of an electron and a positron is nearly:
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