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Production of 1 Megawatts of electricity takes 360 grams of Uranium enriched at 4% U235 and 96% U238 for use in a commercial nuclear reactor.
Special nuclear material of moderate strategic significance means:
(1) Between 1000 grams and 5000 grams of uranium-235 (contained in uranium enriched to 20 percent or more in the U-235 isotope) or more than 500 grams of uranium-233 or plutonium, or in a combined quantity of more than 1,000 grams when computed by the equation, grams = (grams contained U-235) + 2 (grams U-233 + grams plutonium); or
(2) 10,000 grams or more of uranium-235 (contained in uranium enriched to 10 percent or more but less than 20 percent in the U-235 isotope).
Source: http://www.nrc.gov
Production of 1 Megawatts of electricity takes 360 grams of Uranium enriched at 4% U235 and 96% U238 for use in a commercial nuclear reactor.
Special nuclear material of moderate strategic significance means:
(1) Between 1000 grams and 5000 grams of uranium-235 (contained in uranium enriched to 20 percent or more in the U-235 isotope) or more than 500 grams of uranium-233 or plutonium, or in a combined quantity of more than 1,000 grams when computed by the equation, grams = (grams contained U-235) + 2 (grams U-233 + grams plutonium); or
(2) 10,000 grams or more of uranium-235 (contained in uranium enriched to 10 percent or more but less than 20 percent in the U-235 isotope).
Source: http://www.nrc.gov
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