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Which element is used for fuel in most nuclear power plants? Most nuclear power plants use uranium-235 as their fuel, in a concentration of around 4% to 5% enrichment, in combination with uranium-238, at 96% to 95%. A few nuclear powerâ¦ reactors can use plutonium or thorium as fuel.
Nuclear fuel is made of solid pellets that contain enriched uranium. These small, ceramic-like pellets create a tremendous amount of energy when used in a nuclear power plant. For example, one pellet has an amount of energy equivalent to almost one ton of coal.The pellets are sealed in tubes of a strong corrosion-and heat-resistant metal alloy.o understand how nuclear fuel generates electricity, think about how other power plants work. When electricity is generated at coal-fired plants, coal is burned to produce heat to make steam. At nuclear power plants, fission within the fuel pellets creates the heat used to make steam to turn turbines.