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• Uranium — (pronEng|jʊˈreɪniəm) is a silvery gray metallic chemical element in the actinide series of the periodic table that has the symbol U and atomic number 92. It has 92 protons and 92 electrons, 6 of them valence electrons. It can have between 141 and …   Wikipedia

• breeder reactor — n. a nuclear reactor generating nuclear energy and creating additional fuel by producing more fissile material than it consumes * * *       nuclear reactor that produces more fissionable material than it consumes to generate energy. This special… …   Universalium

• Breeder reactor — Assembly of the core of Experimental Breeder Reactor I in Idaho, 1951 A breeder reactor is a nuclear reactor that generates more fissile material in fuel than it consumes.[1] These reactors are considered appealing due to their superior fuel… …   Wikipedia

• uranium processing — Introduction       preparation of the ore for use in various products.       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… …   Universalium

• uranium — /yoo ray nee euhm/, n. Chem. a white, lustrous, radioactive, metallic element, occurring in pitchblende, and having compounds that are used in photography and in coloring glass. The 235 isotope is used in atomic and hydrogen bombs and as a fuel… …   Universalium

• Uranium mining — The Ranger Uranium Mine in Australia …   Wikipedia

• Isotopes of uranium — Uranium (U) is a naturally occurring element with no stable isotopes. In other words, all uranium is radioactive and hence vanishing by radioactive decay, yet it is also found in great quantity in the earth s crust. The natural isotopes are… …   Wikipedia

• Fast breeder reactor — The fast breeder or fast breeder reactor (FBR) is a fast neutron reactor designed to breed fuel by producing more fissile material than it consumes. The FBR is one possible type of breeder reactor. The reactors are used in nuclear power plants to …   Wikipedia

• Peak uranium — is the point in time that the maximum global uranium production rate is reached. After that peak, the rate of production enters a terminal decline. While Uranium is used in nuclear weapons, its primary use is for energy generation via nuclear… …   Wikipedia

• fast breeder — fast breeder, or fast breed|er reactor «FAST BREE duhr, FAHST », an atomic power plant that utilizes fast neutrons to produce its own plutonium fuel as well as generate power with almost no loss of fissionable material: »Two different breeder… …   Useful english dictionary

• Enriched uranium — Proportions of uranium 238 (blue) and uranium 235 (red) found naturally versus enriched grades Enriched uranium is a kind of uranium in which the percent composition of uranium 235 has been increased through the process of isotope separation.… …   Wikipedia