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The diagram below shows how uranium is used in the production of nuclear power. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The diagram below shows how uranium is used in the production of nuclear power. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The diagram illustrates the way in which uranium is used to produce nuclear power.
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, what stands out from the picture is that it is a linear procedure which comprises several main stages
such
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 as mining, converting and enriching, making electricity, removing
fuel
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, reprocessing and reusing, and burying. The process commences when uranium is mined from the ground. After that, uranium ore undergoes processes of enrichment and conversion in order to make
fuel
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 pellets called U-235 which are used to make electricity in
fuel
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 power generators. After nearly four years,
fuel
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 can become spent and can be removed. Alternatively, some spent
fuel
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 can undergo reprocessing and, it can be reused to make electricity over and over again.
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, there is some spent
fuel
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 which cannot be processed again, so, it is put into storage containers and buried.

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Common mistake: Your writing should be 150-250 words.
Basic structure: Change the third paragraph.
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Basic structure: Change the fifth paragraph.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words fuel with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: Only 4 basic words for charts were used.
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Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the third paragraph.
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Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the fifth paragraph.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Nuclear fission
  • Radioactive material
  • Reactor core
  • Control rods
  • Coolant
  • Thermal energy
  • Steam generator
  • Turbine
  • Generator
  • Spent fuel
  • Radioactive waste
  • Depleted uranium
  • Decommissioning
  • Sustainable energy
  • Nuclear proliferation
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