Chapter 1. General information about uranium. 1.10. Uranium application

Full text: Metallic uranium or its compounds are used as nuclear fuel in nuclear reactors. A natural or low-enriched admixture of uranium isotopes is applied in stationery reactors of nuclear power plants, and products of a high enrichment degree are used in nuclear power plants or in reactors that operates with fast neutrons. ²³⁵U is a source of nuclear energy in nuclear weapons. Depleted uranium is used as armour-piercing core in bombshells. ²³⁸U serves as a source of secondary nuclear fuel - plutonium. (author)