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after capturing a
neutron of high or low
energy is
referred to as
fissionable. A
fissionable nuclide that can
undergo fission with a high
probability after...
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special fissionable material, or (b)
equipment or
material especially designed or
prepared for the processing, use or
production of
special fissionable material...
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needed for a
sustained nuclear chain reaction. The
critical m**** of a
fissionable material depends upon its
nuclear properties (specifically, its nuclear...
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faster than
usually ****umed. In a
paper in 1956,
after a
review of US
fissionable reserves,
Hubbert notes of
nuclear power:
There is promise, however,...
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undergo enrichment so that
enough uranium-235 is present. Uranium-238 is
fissionable by fast
neutrons and is fertile,
meaning it can be tran****ed to fissile...
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Fissile U-235 and non-fissile but
fissionable and
fertile U-238 are both used in the
fission process. U-235 is
fissionable by
thermal (i.e. slow-moving) neutrons...
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caused by
cosmic rays, and by the
natural radioactivity of
spontaneously fissionable elements in the Earth's crust. The
story of the
discovery of the neutron...
- Red
mercury is a
discredited substance, most
likely a hoax
perpetrated by con
artists who
sought to take
advantage of
gullible buyers on the
black market...
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meager oxygen was
likely essential to the
concentration of
uranium into
fissionable ore bodies, as
uranium dissolves in
water only in the
presence of oxygen...
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absorbs a high-energy neutron,
called a fast neutron, and splits. Most
fissionable materials need
thermal neutrons,
which move more slowly. Fast neutron...
