# Nuclear fission reactors: Relationships

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_fission/links/

Every element and industry that Nuclear fission reactors is linked to, and how. Each pair has its own card explaining the relationships between the two.

- [Uranium](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/nuclear-fission-reactors-and-uranium/): Uranium is the fuel of almost all fission reactors, but it is a small part of the cost of nuclear power, so reactors keep running through uranium price swings. The risk lies in concentrated supply: Kazakhstan for mining, and Russia for conversion and enrichment. *(researched)*
- [Thorium](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/nuclear-fission-reactors-and-thorium/): Thorium cannot run a reactor on its own: it must first be bred into fissile uranium-233 inside a reactor started on uranium or plutonium. That is why it matters most to India, which has large thorium resources and has built its three-stage nuclear programme around reaching it. *(researched)*
- [Steam turbines and thermal power plants](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/nuclear-fission-reactors-and-steam-turbines-and-thermal-power-plants/): Energy flows from nuclear fission reactors to steam turbines and thermal power plants; their prices have moved together.
- [Data centres](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/data-centres-and-nuclear-fission-reactors/): Their prices have moved together.
- [Data centres and cloud](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/data-centres-and-cloud-and-nuclear-fission-reactors/): Data centres and cloud depends on nuclear fission reactors.
- [District heating and cooling networks](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/district-heating-and-cooling-networks-and-nuclear-fission-reactors/): Energy flows from nuclear fission reactors to district heating and cooling networks.
- [Hafnium](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/hafnium-and-nuclear-fission-reactors/): Nuclear fission reactors needs hafnium.
- [Hydrofluoric acid](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/hydrofluoric-acid-and-nuclear-fission-reactors/): Their prices have moved together.
- [Natural gas](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/natural-gas-and-nuclear-fission-reactors/): Their prices have moved together.
- [Nuclear fuel transport](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/nuclear-fission-reactors-and-nuclear-fuel-transport/): Energy flows from nuclear fuel transport to nuclear fission reactors.
- [Ship propulsion](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/nuclear-fission-reactors-and-ship-propulsion/): Energy flows from nuclear fission reactors to ship propulsion.
- [Steel](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/nuclear-fission-reactors-and-steel/): Their prices have moved together.
- [Water](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/nuclear-fission-reactors-and-water/): Nuclear fission reactors needs water.
- [Zirconium](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/nuclear-fission-reactors-and-zirconium/): Nuclear fission reactors needs zirconium.

## Other sections

- [Summary](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_fission/index.md)
- [Overview](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_fission/overview/index.md)
- [Correlation](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_fission/correlation/index.md)
- [Efficiency](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_fission/efficiency/index.md)
- [Techniques](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_fission/techniques/index.md)
- [Resources and labour](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_fission/resources/index.md)
- [Impact on the biosphere](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_fission/biosphere/index.md)