Global Connection: Nuclear Fuel Answers

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How is nuclear fuel used to generate electricity?

Nuclear reactions produce electricity directly.

Nuclear reactions produce heat, which is used to create steam, turn turbines, and power generators.

Nuclear reactions produce heat, which is used to power generators.

Nuclear fuel produces the energy necessary to cause chemical reactions that produce electricity to take place.

Which of the following does not represent a significant negative environmental impact of using nuclear fuel?

air pollution

mining

radiation

waste production

Which of the following mining types can be used to obtain uranium?

open pit

underground

solution

all of the above

Waste from nuclear power plants must be disposed of in radioactively shielded storage containers.

Used fuel assemblies are typically considered _______.

low-level waste

uranium mill tailing

high-level waste

all of the above

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