Search results for "Plutonium dioxide" - New World Encyclopedia
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- is produced synthetically by bombarding plutonium with alpha particles (helium ... isotope curium-242 is the precursor to plutonium-238, the most common fuel ...10 KB (1,354 words) - 06:46, 12 January 2024
- to be discovered, obtained by bombarding plutonium with neutrons. ... seven of the periodic table, between plutonium and curium. The pure element ...9 KB (1,328 words) - 06:50, 25 July 2023
- is a byproduct of nuclear reactors and plutonium production. It is also ... spent nuclear fuel rods as a byproduct in plutonium production. ...11 KB (1,451 words) - 16:21, 11 November 2022
- in place of uranium. In addition, thorium dioxide may be used as a catalyst ... gray and eventually black. Thorium dioxide (ThO2), also called thoria ...14 KB (1,909 words) - 23:00, 30 April 2023
- Plutonium (chemical symbol Pu, atomic number 94) is a radioactive ... While almost all plutonium is manufactured synthetically, extremely ...37 KB (5,382 words) - 08:10, 24 November 2022
- fission products of both uranium-235 and plutonium-239, and therefore used ... by the American Manhattan Project for plutonium production, but the designers ...13 KB (1,905 words) - 14:16, 20 May 2023
- atomic nucleus (usually uranium-235 or plutonium-239) absorbs a neutron ... enriched uranium (and/or enrichment with plutonium 239), due to the lower ...45 KB (6,704 words) - 00:40, 17 November 2022
- age of the Earth. Along with thorium and plutonium, it is one of the three ... 238 isotope can be transmuted into plutonium, which, like uranium-235 ...48 KB (6,867 words) - 15:33, 16 January 2024
- atomic nucleus (usually uranium-235 or plutonium-239) is struck by a neutron ... Unlike the breeding of U-238 into plutonium, fast breeder reactors ...49 KB (7,262 words) - 10:10, 11 March 2023
- product from the fission of uranium or plutonium in nuclear reactors. Due ... nuclear fission of both uranium-235 and plutonium-239 is moderate, it is ...43 KB (6,283 words) - 22:03, 13 January 2024
- impact, and the lack of producing carbon dioxide and air pollutants. Limitations ... lower output level of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide ( ...73 KB (10,796 words) - 08:37, 23 July 2023
