What Is the Most Technically Challenging Part of Using Uranium

question 41

Multiple Choice

What is the most technically challenging part of using uranium to generate electricity?

• A) mining and milling the radioactive material, because of environmental regulations
• B) separating the uranium from the rock in which it occurs
• C) using gas centrifuges to preferentially enrich the more energetic uranium isotope ²³⁵U)
• D) finding a material to moderate the reaction within the reactor

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Complex Number

A number that can be expressed in the form \(a + bi\), where \(a\) and \(b\) are real numbers, and \(i\) is the imaginary unit satisfying \(i^2 = -1\).

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Quotient

The result obtained when one quantity is divided by another.

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A way of writing numbers using the digits 0-9, where each digit is placed in a specific location to indicate its value.