-
after capturing a
neutron of high or low
energy is
referred to as
fissionable. A
fissionable nuclide that can be
induced to
fission with low-energy thermal...
-
needed for a
sustained nuclear chain reaction. The
critical m**** of a
fissionable material depends upon its
nuclear properties (specifically, its nuclear...
-
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,...
- uranium) in the
final fission jacket. The far more
expensive 235 U is also
fissionable with fast
neutrons like the 238 U in
depleted or
natural uranium, but...
-
special fissionable material, or (b)
equipment or
material especially designed or
prepared for the processing, use or
production of
special fissionable material...
- 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...
- the
heavier elements, such as uranium,
thorium and plutonium, are more
fissionable. The
extreme astrophysical event of a
supernova can
produce enough energy...
-
absorbs a high-energy neutron,
called a fast neutron, and splits. Most
fissionable materials need
thermal neutrons,
which move more slowly. Fast neutron...
-
Ordnance Plants in Pocatello, Idaho, and Louisville, Kentucky.
Enough fissionable material was
available by 1948 to
build ten
projectiles and targets,...
- to
reduce this significantly.
Because the
spent fuel is
still mostly fissionable material, some
countries (e.g.
France and Russia)
reprocess their spent...
