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ES Ch. 9
Question | Answer |
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Natural seeps | 47% |
Transport Oil | 12% |
Ocean Oil Drilling | 3% |
When a fast-moving neutron hits a nonfissionable uranium-238 (U-238) nucleus and is absorbed, | an atom of fissionable plutonium-239 (Pu-239) is produced. |
Remember that U-235 is a nuclear fuel and U-238 is not. Thus, a breeder reactor converts a nonfuel (U-238) into | a fuel (Pu-239) |
a mate- rial containing 70 to 90 percent uranium oxide | yellow-cake |