Nuclear technology is constantly in the news. So how exactly do you make nuclear fuel?
Special thanks to
Life Noggin for animating this video!
Check them out:
http://www.youtube.com/lifenoggin
Read More:
Fuel Cycle Facilities
http://www.nrc.gov/materials/fuel-cycle-fac
.html
“
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (
NRC) regulates uranium recovery facilities that mill uranium; fuel cycle facilities that convert, enrich, and fabricate it into fuel for use in nuclear reactors, and deconversion facilities that process the depleted uranium hexafluoride for disposal.”
Uranium processing
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/619232/uranium-processing
“Uranium (U), although very dense (19.1 grams per cubic centimetre), is a relatively weak, nonrefractory metal. Indeed, the metallic properties of uranium appear to be intermediate between those of silver and other true metals and those of the nonmetallic elements, so that it is not valued for structural applications.”
About
Nuclear Fuel Cycle
https://infcis.iaea.org/
NFCIS/About.cshtml
“Nuclear Fuel Cycle can be defined as the set of processes to make use of nuclear materials and to return it to normal state. It starts with the mining of unused nuclear materials from the nature and ends with the safe disposal of used nuclear material in the nature.”
Nuclear
Fuel Processes
http://www.nei.org/Knowledge-Center/Nuclear-Fuel-Processes
“
Nuclear power plants do not burn any fuel.
Instead, they use uranium fuel, consisting of solid ceramic pellets, to produce electricity through a process called fission.”
____________________
DNews is dedicated to satisfying your curiosity and to bringing you mind-bending stories & perspectives you won't find anywhere else! New videos twice daily.
Watch More DNews on TestTube http://testtube.com/dnews
Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel
DNews on Twitter http://twitter.com/dnews
Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez
Julia Wilde on Twitter https://twitter.com/julia_sci
DNews on
Facebook https://facebook.com/DiscoveryNews
DNews on
Google+ http://gplus.to/dnews
Discovery News http://discoverynews.com
Download the TestTube App: http://testu.be/1ndmmMq
- published: 02 May 2015
- views: 109691