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FERTILE ISOTOPE [1 record]

Record 1 1994-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atomic Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Nuclear Physics
CONT

To transform fertile isotopes of the heavy elements into fissionable isotopes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique atomique
  • Chimie
  • Physique nucléaire
CONT

L'uranium naturel est essentiellement composé de l'isotope fertile U 238, qui en représente plus de 99 % en masse, accompagné de l'isotope fissile U 235 (0,7 %).

CONT

L'un d'eux [neutron] sert à entretenir la réaction à chaîne, l'autre à transformer l'isotope fertile (en l'occurrence l'uranium-238) en matériau fissile (plutonium-239).

Spanish

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