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Nuclear Materials 1 Fuels 1.1 Uranium Uranium in one form or another is by far the most common fuel materials for nuclear reactors. (By comparison, the use of thorium and plutonium has so far been on a very small scale.) It can be used either as pure uranium, a metal, or as compound such as uranium dioxide UO2 or uranium carbide UC. ·核原料 ·1 燃料 ·1.1 铀 目前，各式各样的铀物质是核反应堆里最常用的燃料。（相比之下，钍和钚的使用就少得多了）。铀的使用形式既可以是单质铀，金属铀，也可以是诸如二氧化铀（UO2）或碳化铀（UC）之类的化合物 Uranium is a rather soft and ductile metal which oxidizes readily in air and water at high temperature. Its melting point is 1133oC. It exists in one o