The fuel used in the nuclear reactor is ______.

Radium

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Uranium

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Thorium

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cadmium

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Solution

The correct option is B
Uranium

Nuclear fuel is a substance that is used in nuclear power stations to produce heat to power turbines. Most commonly used nuclear fuels are uranium and plutonium.

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67. with reference to Thorium resource in India,

i)The Indian Nuclear Power Programme Stage-3 aims at using thorium as fuel for power generation on a commercial scale.

ii) In the thorium fuel cycle, thorium 232 is transmuted into the fissile isotope uranium 233 which is a nuclear fuel.

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The fuel used in a nuclear reactor is ______.

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