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i know uranium is not renewable but is plutonium renewable

2007-08-03 12:08:41 · 3 answers · asked by donnelly2008 2 in Science & Mathematics Earth Sciences & Geology

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It is not exactly renewable but it can be produced from the more common isotopes of uranium in a reactor that is being used.

Breeder reactors
"A breeder reactor is a nuclear reactor that consumes fissile and fertile material at the same time as it creates new fissile material. Production of fissile material in a reactor occurs by neutron irradiation of fertile material, particularly Uranium-238 and Thorium-232. In a breeder reactor, these materials are deliberately provided, either in the fuel or in a breeder blanket surrounding the core, or most commonly in both. Production of fissile material takes place to some extent in the fuel of all current commercial nuclear power reactors. Towards the end of its life, a uranium (not MOX, just uranium) PWR fuel element is producing more power from the fissioning of plutonium than from the remaining uranium-235. Historically, in order to be called a breeder, a reactor must be specifically designed to create more fissile material than it consumes."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeder_reactor

2007-08-03 12:15:18 · answer #1 · answered by bravozulu 7 · 2 0

No. It does not occur naturally; It must be made in reactors, but you must make it from uranium, so it is an artificial product that is made from a non-renewable natural resource.

2007-08-03 12:13:57 · answer #2 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 1 0

Yeah, PC World do it.

2007-08-03 12:12:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

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