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MATERIAU FERTILE [1 record]

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Record 1 2009-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atomic Physics
  • Nuclear Fission Reactors
DEF

A material, which is not itself fissile (fissionable by thermal neutrons), that can be converted into a fissile material by irradiation in a reactor.

OBS

There are two basic fertile materials: uranium-238 and thorium-232. When these fertile materials capture neutrons, they are converted into fissile plutonium-239 and uranium-233, respectively.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique atomique
  • Réacteurs nucléaires de fission
DEF

[...] matériau qui, en présence des neutrons qui sont libérés par la combustion de l'autre matériau, se transforme à son tour en matériau fissile.

Spanish

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