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fissionable ADJ

fissionable isotope PHYS

fissionable material PHYS

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A nuclide capable of undergoing fission (even with a low probability) after capturing a high energy neutron is referred to as fissionable.
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He also eventually came up with the idea of using more powerful shaped charges and less fissionable material to greatly increase the speed of assembly (compression).
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They are said to breed fuel, because they produce fissionable fuel during operation because of neutron capture.
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This is the reason that nuclear reprocessing is a useful activity: solid spent nuclear fuel contains about 97% of the original fissionable material present in newly manufactured nuclear fuel.
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U-235 is not the only fissionable material around.
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In this reaction, a neutron plus a fissionable atom causes a fission resulting in a larger number of neutrons than the single one that was consumed in the initial reaction.
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This works as follows: the high-energy or fast neutrons generated by fusion are used to fission a fissionable jacket located around the fusion stage.
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If the size of the fissionable material is less than a certain minimum, fission neutrons escape through its surface and the chain reaction is not sustained.
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Fast reactors have the potential to produce less transuranic waste because all actinides are fissionable with fast neutrons, but they are more difficult to build and more expensive to operate.
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Breeder reactors are specifically designed to create more fissionable material than they consume.
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