What are the benefits of uranium?

Answer 1

1. Uranium is important for nuclear reactors, for the production of clean energy (no contribution to global warming and air pollution). 2. Uranium is important for nuclear weapons. 3. Uranium has many other minor applications in chemical industry, ceramics, glass industry, electronics, Photography, for armors, etc.

Answer 2

Uranium is the easiest element to use to run a reactor.

There are only two elements found on earth in any quantity that can be used to provide fission power for a nuclear power plant, thorium and uranium. Though thorium can be used, it is not as straightforward to do so as when using uranium.

A chain reaction of fission requires neutrons to cause atoms to break apart. Uranium-235 is the only readily available isotope that can provide these neutrons naturally. Uranium in nature is about 99.3% 238U and 0.7% 235U. If there is enough 235U in a mass of uranium, it will undergo a chain reaction. There is not enough in nature, but it is possible to enrich the uranium to provide a high enough percentage of 235U, about 4% to 5%. The neutrons from a single fission event also cause other fission events, not only in the 235U, but also in the 238U, making the whole mass into fuel.

Thorium, by contrast, does not provide neutrons when it decays. Using thorium for fuel requires neutrons from other sources, which might be uranium or plutonium, or could be from protons from a particle accelerator, by colliding them with lead or some other heavy atoms to produce neutrons. As technology develops, it is possible that thorium will turn out to be the fuel of choice, but there remains some work to get to that point.

Plutonium or other synthetic elements can be used as fuel, but this requires the step of producing the element itself. There are arguments for and against this, but it is not as simple as using enriched uranium.

Uranium Oxide gives a wonderful yellow colour and is used in ceramics for this purpose.

Answer 3

Applications of uranium:

- nuclear fuel for nuclear power reactors

1. Uranium is an alternative to fossil fuels, especially for countries without reserves of coal, petrol, methane.

2. Uranium don't contribute to global warming.

3. Uranium don't release carbon dioxide.

4. In the future uranium can be extracted from the sea water.

- explosive for nuclear weapons

- material for armors and projectiles

- catalyst

- additive for glass and ceramics (to obtain beautiful green or yellow colors)

- toner in photography

- mordant for textiles

- additive for the preparation of biological samples for electron microscopy

- shielding material (depleted uranium)

- ballast (counter weights)

- and other minor applications

Answer 4

Uranium is used as nuclear fuel in nuclear power plants because the fission of uranium atom release a formidable quantity of energy.

Uranium don't release carbon dioxide and hasn't a green house effect; also the fossil fuels (oil, methane) and wood will be exhausted soon.

Answer 5

Applications of uranium:

- nuclear fuel for nuclear power reactors

- explosive for nuclear weapons

- material for armors and projectiles

- catalyst

- additive for glass and ceramics (to obtain beautiful green colors)

- toner in photography

- mordant for textiles

- shielding material (depleted uranium)

- ballast

- and other minor applications

Answer 6

Applications of uranium:

- nuclear fuel for nuclear power reactors

- explosive for nuclear weapons

- material for armors and projectiles

- catalyst

- additive for glass and ceramics (to obtain beautiful green colors)

- toner in photography

- mordant for textiles

- shielding material (depleted uranium)

- ballast

- and other minor applications

Answer 7

You can eat it to commit suicide. It's pretty easy.