Fuel Materials:

Nuclear plants need radioactive material to operate. Several metals which are radioactive could be used to generates and sustain the nuclear reaction. This theory discusses the materials used in the several nuclear applications. The student has to refer the Nuclear Physics and Reactor Theory Fundamentals Handbook prior to long-term to better known the material in this chapter.

LIST the four radioactive materials which fission through thermal neutrons and are used as reactor fuels.

STATE the four considerations in selecting fuel material and the desired effect on the nuclear properties of the chosen fuel material.