Title: What Is Plutonium? Characteristics of This Nuclear Fuel
Headings: What Is Plutonium?
What Is Plutonium?
What Is Plutonium Used For?
Role of Plutonium in Nuclear Reactors
Where Is Plutonium Found on Earth?
How Many Neutrons Does Plutonium Have?
Management of Recovered Plutonium in Nuclear Reactors
Health Hazard
Environmental Effects
References

Content: It is used because it will suffer nuclear fission . Very few isotopes will suffer nuclear fission. Role of Plutonium in Nuclear Reactors
As plutonium is generated inside the fuel of nuclear reactors, it also fission, collaborating with uranium in energy production. During the process, other isotopes also originate; some are neutron absorbers and others are fissile isotopes. Depending on the irradiation time or the degree or degree of burning at which the proportion of these isotopes of plutonium in the fuel is reached. At reduced burns the proportion of fissile isotopes is very high, while at high burns this proportion is reduced. In commercial nuclear reactors, the combustible elements remain in the reactor for a long time until the accumulation of fission products and the consumption of fissile material cancel their contribution to the operation of the reactor. Where Is Plutonium Found on Earth? Plutonium is obtained by burning nuclear fuel is burned in conventional nuclear reactors.