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 figure depicts the process by which nuclear
power
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is produced using uranium. A glance at the graph reveals that there are four main stages in nuclear
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production: raw material harvesting,
power
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generation, recycling, and waste management or storage.
To begin
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the process, the workers first use a specific type of machine to extract the uranium from the ground.
Then
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, the ore is transformed and purified to produce U-235, a kind of fuel pellet. Once the U-235 is produced, it is moved to a
power
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plant to generate nuclear-based electricity. The useful life of
this
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type of clean energy is approximately four years. So when the energy is totally spent, it will either be removed from the
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plant or undergo a recycling process and be reused to produce more electricity.
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, if the fuel is non-recyclable, it will
then
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be transferred to a specific dump site, where it will be stored underground.
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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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