Production performance
High energy density of uranium is one of key advantages of nuclear energy
To maintain chain reaction needed for operating the reactor, uranium must have sufficiently high concentration of a specific isotope, uranium-235. Uranium is enriched in specific facilities, for use in a nuclear reactor. Enriched uranium is converted into dust which is then compressed into uranium pellets. One uranium pellet, the size of a tip of man's little finger, produces as much energy as one ton of coal, 560 litres of oil or 480 cubic meters of natural gas.
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- www.atomicinsights.com/energy-density-comparison
- www.en-lite.si/images/pdf/energija-in-mi-pogovori-s-strokovnjaki.pdf (str. 19)
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