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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Definitions:

Inner Layer

Refers to the innermost layer of a structure, often specifying tissues in anatomical contexts.

Collecting Duct

A series of tubules in the kidney where urine is collected from the nephrons before being moved to the renal pelvis.

Nephron

The functional unit of the kidney involved in the process of filtering blood to produce urine.

Bowman Capsule

The Bowman capsule encases the glomerulus in the kidneys, where filtration of blood begins in the process of urine formation.