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Given that water is used in nuclear reactors for cooling purposes I would say no.

However, under certain condition the answer is probably yes. Ie a nuclear explosion would probably rip H2O apart

2007-04-14 19:22:12 · answer #1 · answered by ktrna69 6 · 0 0

Uranium is used as a colorant in uranium glass, producing orange-red to lemon yellow hues. It was also used for tinting and shading in early photography. The 1789 discovery of uranium in the mineral pitchblende is credited to Martin Heinrich Klaproth, who named the new element after the planet Uranus. Eugène-Melchior Péligot was the first person to isolate the metal, and its radioactive properties were uncovered in 1896 by Antoine Becquerel. Research by Enrico Fermi and others starting in 1934 led to its use as a fuel in the nuclear power industry and in Little Boy, the first nuclear weapon used in war. An ensuing arms race during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union produced tens of thousands of nuclear weapons that used enriched uranium and uranium-derived plutonium. The security of those weapons and their fissile material following the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 along with the legacy of nuclear testing and nuclear accidents is a concern for public health and safety.

2007-04-14 18:54:59 · answer #2 · answered by kpsbth 2 · 0 1

No. The reason is that in the outer shell of Uranium and in water molecules/ atom there is vacancy to receive electrones; therefore exchange of electrones and hence the change in atomic structures of anyone is not possible.

2007-04-14 19:21:56 · answer #3 · answered by deepak57 7 · 0 0

no it can be separated via electrolysis method only

2007-04-14 19:33:07 · answer #4 · answered by Mansoor S 4 · 0 0

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