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When used as an energy source in a nuclear power plant, uranium is burned in a similar way as one would burn wood or coal for energy?

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False

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Unlike a process that burns fossil fuels or coal, the process of producing nuclear energy does not burn the fuel.

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User Yoskutik
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No, it is false that when used as an energy source in a nuclear power plant, uranium is burned in a similar way as one would burn wood or coal for energy, since nuclear energy comes from an entirely different process.
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