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murzikaleks [220]
3 years ago
7

Since we started producing nuclear power in 1960, how common are large nuclear accidents (those that resulted in the major relea

se of radioactive material into the environment)?
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1 answer:
zysi [14]3 years ago
3 0
Very, very rare. Uranium used in power plants is typically only 3% U-235 (the explosive stuff), while bomb-grade uranium is nearly pure U-235. Simply, the concentration of U-235 in reactor-grade uranium is too small to start a chain reaction and detonate like a bomb.
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