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A boiling water reactor uses following as fuel

  • A boiling water reactor (BWR) is a type of light water nuclear reactor used for the generation of electrical power.
  • Boiling water reactors must use enriched uranium as their nuclear fuel, due to their use of light water.
  • This is because light water absorbs too many neutrons to be used with natural uranium, so the fuel content of fissile Uranium-235 must be increased.
  • This is done through uranium enrichment—which increases the concentration of Uranium-235 from 0.7% to around 4%.