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layers than
other clays, so kaolinite-rich clay is more
likely to form
nonfissile mudstone than shale. On the
other hand,
black shales often have very pronounced...
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neutron absorption and
instead capture the
neutron to
become a
heavier nonfissile isotope,
wasting one or more
neutrons and
increasing ac****ulation of heavy...
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before reprocessing, the more 241Pu
decays to americium-241,
which is
nonfissile (although
fissionable by fast neutrons) and an
alpha emitter with a half-life...
- plutonium-240 and plutonium-242 are fertile, ac****ulation of
these and
other nonfissile isotopes is less of a
problem than in
thermal reactors,
which cannot burn...
-
consume only part of the
plutonium and
minor actinides they produce, and
nonfissile isotopes of
plutonium build up,
along with
significant quantities of other...
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generated by a core
fusion reactor component to
incite fission in
otherwise nonfissile fuels, and to
explore the
feasibility of such a
system for
power generation...
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reprocessed uranium from
spent fuel from
traditional LWRs, and even
include nonfissile isotopes of
plutonium and
minor actinide isotopes. ****uming no leakage...
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Percentages are of each nuclide's
total tran****ation rate in a LWR,
which is low for many
nonfissile actinides.
After leaving reactor only
decay occurs....
