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. You should write at least 150 words.

The figure illustrates the process by which nuclear power is generated from uranium.

Overall

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, there are six stages to

this

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process

staring

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starting

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with extraction and finishing with buried products, With reprocessing or reusing the products

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of throwing them away. In the first

stage

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stage,

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the uranium is mined and is extracted from underneath the ground. When it has been extracted, it undergoes enrichment and it is converted into U-235 fuel pallets. Once converted into U-235, it is used

power

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to power

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generators and generate electricity. It produces enough pellets which can

last

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for a long period of time.

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, since it

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last

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for up to four years,

which

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it

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becomes spent and it has to be removed. After it has been removed some of the spent can be reprocessed and used again to generate electricity. Alternatively, If it can not be

repocessed

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repossessed

reprocessed

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or used again, it is put in a specific container and is buried.