Fissionable in a sentence

Stocks of nuclear weapons shall be progressively reduced to the minimum levels which can be agreed upon as a result of the findings of the nuclear Experts Commission; the resulting excess of fissionable material shall be transferred to peaceful purposes.

About 6 MeV of the fission-input energy is supplied by the simple binding of an extra neutron to the heavy nucleus via the strong force; however, in many fissionable isotopes, this amount of energy is not enough for fission.

A fissionable nuclide is capable of undergoing fission (even with a low probability) after capturing a high-energy neutron.

All fissionable and fissile isotopes undergo a small amount of spontaneous fission which releases a few free neutrons into any sample of nuclear fuel.

By merely placing cheap unenriched uranium into such a core, the non-fissionable U-238 will be turned into Pu-239, "breeding" fuel.

Fast reactors have the potential to produce less transuranic waste because all actinides are fissionable with fast neutrons, citation but they are more difficult to build and more expensive to operate.

For example, 238 U, the most abundant form of uranium, is fissionable but not fissile: it undergoes induced fission when impacted by an energetic neutron with over 1 MeV of kinetic energy.

Hydrogen-rich ordinary water affects neutron absorption in nuclear fission reactors: Usually, neutrons are so strongly absorbed by normal water that fuel enrichment with fissionable isotope is required.

In an attempt to make their refusal more difficult, he proposed that both sides agree to dedicate fissionable material away from weapons toward peaceful uses, such as power generation.

In March 1947 he proposed a statistical approach to the problem of neutron diffusion in fissionable material.

Other naturally occurring isotopes are fissionable, but not fissile.

Over 90% of the cost was for building plants and producing the fissionable materials, and less than 10% for development and production of the weapons.

Plutonium is fissionable with both fast and thermal neutrons, which make it ideal for either nuclear reactors or nuclear bombs.

The exact isotope which is fissioned, and whether or not it is fissionable or fissile, has only a small impact on the amount of energy released.

The proposal was, to a degree, a concession to the Soviet Union, as a test ban would be explored independent of the previously demanded cutoff in fissionable-material production.

This would extend the total practical fissionable resource base by 450%. citation India's three-stage nuclear power programme features the use of a thorium fuel cycle in the third stage, as it has abundant thorium reserves but little uranium.

U-235 is fissionable by thermal (i.e. slow-moving) neutrons.

Under 1% of the uranium found in nature is the easily fissionable U-235 isotope and as a result most reactor designs require enriched fuel.